stormed

Verb

storm (third-person singular simple present storms, present participle storming, simple past and past participle stormed)

1. (US, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
   • It stormed throughout the night.
2. (transitive) To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.
   • And dovvne I laid to liſt the ſad tun'd tale, / Ere long eſpied a fickle maid full pale / Tearing of papers breaking rings a tvvaine, / Storming her vvorld vvith ſorrovves, vvind and raine.1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature K, verso
3. (figuratively, transitive) To disturb or trouble (someone).

   Synonyms:

   aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass, antagonize, bother, disgruntle

4. (figuratively, transitive) To use (harsh language).
5. (transitive) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
   • the storming of the Bastille
   1. (figuratively, often, poetic, transitive) To assault or gain control or power over (someone's heart, mind, etc.).
      • No Engines can a Tyrant find, / to ſtorm the Truth-ſupported Mind, […]1750 March 27 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Thomas Morell (lyrics), George Frideric Handel (music), Theodora: An Oratorio […], London: […] I. Walsh […], published [1751], →OCLC, page 17

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