bestormv.
/bɪˈstɔːm/ transitive. To storm on all sides, to assail with storms or storming.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [verb (transitive)] > assail or beat
weather-beat1598
bestorm1743
1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. vi In Boats bestorm'd all check at those that row.
1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 32 All is Sea besides, Sinks under us; bestorms, and then devours.
Derivatives
beˈstormed adj.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > attacked
assaulted1601
infest1601
beleaguered1644
aggressed1795
bestormed1837
embattled1961
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > be cold [verb (intransitive)] > be cold or have sensation of cold > perish with cold
freeze1390
starve1602
perish1750
bestormed1837
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy > accompanied with or done in rough weather > tossed or beaten by storms
storm-beat1590
tempest-tossed1599
tempest-beaten1605
tempesteda1631
bestormed1837
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 425 Betocsined, bestormed; overflooded by black deluges of Sansculottism.
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