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tempest

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tempest
noun
1 the screaming tempest raged around the house:
storm, squall;
gale, hurricane, tornado, cyclone, typhoon, superstorm;
thunderstorm, cloudburst, downpour, rainstorm, hailstorm, deluge, monsoon, tropical storm, electrical storm;
snowstorm, blizzard;
dust storm, dust devil;
North American williwaw, ice storm, windstorm;
in central Asia buran.
2 the tempest of World War II:
turmoil, tumult, turbulence, ferment, disturbance, disorder, chaos, upheaval, disruption, commotion, uproar, storm, furor.
antonyms tranquility.