Noun
- 1. storm, tempest, disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
- usage: a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
- 2. tempest, windstorm
- usage: (literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"
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