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FIRESTORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An outburst of controversy
Example:
the incident triggered a political firestorm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("firestorm" is a kind of...):
arguing; argument; contention; contestation; controversy; disceptation; disputation; tilt (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("firestorm" is a kind of...):
storm; violent storm (a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning)
