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-storm
suffix /-stɔːm/
/-stɔːrm/ Definition
› used to form words for particular types of violent weather: a rainstorm a sandstorm a snowstorm a thunderstorm a windstormStormy weatherWind and winds
(Definition of -storm suffix from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- angry adjective (STORMY)
- blizzard noun (SNOW)
- blow over phrasal verb (STORM)
- blow up phrasal verb (STORM)
- clap noun (NOISE)
- cyclone noun
- electrical storm noun
- elemental adjective
- lightning noun
- sheet lightning noun
- storm cloud noun
- storm surge noun
- tempestuous adjective (STORM)
- thunder verb
- thunderclap noun
- thunderstorm noun
- thundery adjective
- twister noun
- waterspout noun
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