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The definition of a tempest is a violent and windy storm, or an outburst or uproar.

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A hurricane is an example of a tempest.
A sudden argument in a classroom is an example of a tempest.

See tempest in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a violent storm with high winds, esp. one accompanied by rain, hail, or snow
a violent outburst; tumult

Origin: ME < OFr tempeste < VL *tempesta, for L tempestas, portion of time, weather, a calamity, storm, tempest < tempus, time: see temper

transitive verb

Old Poet. to agitate violently

See tempest in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.
Furious agitation, commotion, or tumult; an uproar: “The tempest in my mind/Doth from my senses take all feeling” (Shakespeare).

transitive verb tem·pest·ed, tem·pest·ing, tem·pests

To cause a tempest around or in.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French tempeste

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *tempesta

Origin: , variant of Latin tempestās

Origin: , from tempus, time

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