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hellstorm

hellstorm noun: a hellish onslaught.

Noun

hellstorm (plural hellstorms)

  1. A hellish onslaught.
    • They marched up through the open field under the hellstorm of shells and bullets from the Spanish.1899, Oscar King Davis, Our Conquests in the Pacific, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 178
    • With the Athalar magic to restore her life, she could weather the hellstorm of Synalon’s deathbolts.1980, Robert E[dward] Vardeman, Victor Milán, The Sundered Realm, Playboy Paperbacks, published 1981, →ISBN, pages 155–156

Examples of hellstorm in a sentence

  • Hemmed in by the circle of Soviet executioners, the yaks cried out in terror and agony as lead hellstorms of 7.62mm lead marched along their hides.1990, Dan Schmidt, Red Firestorm (Eagle Force #4), Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 72:
  • The invasions of Guadalcanal and Tarawa were hellstorms of bayonet-in-the-gut fighting—and America’s first steps to Tokyo.1993 October, Sid Moody, “The Solomons: Toehold to Victory”, in The American Legion, volume 135, number 4, page 18:
  • Blowing flame, the automatic shotguns roared louder than thunder, spraying a hellstorm of lead pellets that killed half a dozen people inside the restaurant and blew off chunks of the tabletop.2002, Deep Rampage (Stony Man), Gold Eagle Books, →ISBN, page 171:
  • Twin hellstorms of orange energy erupted from the Gagarin’s forward torpedo launchers, followed almost immediately by a second pair.2002, Dayton Ward, In the Name of Honor, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 6:

Forms of hellstorm

pluralhellstorms

Origin of hellstorm

From hell + storm.

Questions about hellstorm

What does hellstorm mean?
Hellstorm means a hellish onslaught.
How do you use hellstorm in a sentence?
Hemmed in by the circle of Soviet executioners, the yaks cried out in terror and agony as lead hellstorms of 7.62mm lead marched along their hides.
What part of speech is hellstorm?
Hellstorm is a noun.
What is the plural of hellstorm?
The plural of hellstorm is hellstorms.

Words near hellstorm in the dictionary

  1. hellsome
  2. hellspawn
  3. hellspawns
  4. hellstew
  5. hellstews
  6. hellstorm
  7. hellstorms
  8. hellstrip
  9. hellstrips
  10. Hellstrom
  11. Hellstromism

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