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1. (n.) tempest
a violent windstorm, esp. one with rain.
2. tempest
a violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult.
3. (v.t.) tempest
to affect by a tempest; disturb violently.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME tempeste < OF < VL *tempesta, for L tempestās season, weather, storm =tempes- (var. s. of tempus time) +-tās -ty2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) storm, tempest
a violent commotion or disturbance
"the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
2. (noun) tempest
(literary) a violent wind
"a tempest swept over the island"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tempest
an extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm
2. (noun) tempest
fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions
3. (noun) tempest
a fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4
4. (verb) tempest
to disturb as by a tempest
5. (verb) tempest
to storm
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| Definition of 'tempest' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. tempest
An unclassified term referring to technical investigations for compromising emanations from electrically operated information processing equipment; these
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Sense: a violent storm, with very strong winds
A tempest arose and they were drowned at sea.
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Afrikaans: storm |
Arabic: عاصِفَه |
Bulgarian: силна буря |
Brazilian: tempestade |
Czech: bouře |
German: der Sturm |
Danish: storm |
Greek: καταιγίδα |
Spanish: tempestad, tormenta |
Estonian: maru, raju |
Farsi: توفان |
Finnish: rajumyrsky |
French: tempête |
Hebrew: סְעָרָה |
Hindi: आधी |
Croatian: oluja |
Hungarian: vihar |
Indonesian: badai |
Icelandic: óveður, ofviðri |
Italian: tempesta |
Japanese: 大嵐 |
Korean: 사나운 비바람 |
Lithuanian: audra |
Latvian: vētra |
Malay: ribut kencang |
Dutch: storm |
Norwegian: uvær, storm |
Polish: burza |
Portuguese: tempestade |
Romanian: furtună |
Russian: буря |
Slovak: búrka |
Slovenian: nevihta |
Serbian: bura |
Swedish: storm, oväder |
Thai: พายุ (หิมะ, ลูกเห็บฯลฯ) |
Turkish: şiddetli fırtına, bora |
Taiwanese: 暴風雨 |
Ukrainian: буря |
Urdu: طوفان، آندھي |
Vietnamese: cơn bão lớn |
Chinese: 大风暴,暴风雨 |
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