Bestorm

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To overtake with a storm; assail with storms. transitive

Etymology

From be- + storm. Compare Old English bestyrman (“to agitate”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), West Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), Dutch bestormen (“to storm, assault, rush, attack”), German bestürmen (“to storm, besiege, bombard, inundate”), Swedish bestorma (“to besiege, attack, assail”).

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