Take by storm

The soldiers took the castle by storm.

"Sir William took the castle by storm,," said Ravenswood, "and, like many a victor, had little reason to congratulate himself on his conquest."

[A] startling interruption occurred at that moment, which took their whole attention by storm.

How I looked while these ideas were taking my spirit by storm, I cannot tell.

This obscure reference ["Blind Tom"] applies to a blind negro musician who took the world by storm in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Beatlemania took England and Europe by storm and proceeded to inundate American teenagers.