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Noun: tempest  tem-pist
  1. A violent commotion or disturbance
    "it was only a tempest in a teapot";
    - storm
     
  2. (literary) a violent wind
    "a tempest swept over the island"

Derived forms: tempests

Type of: carry-on [Brit, informal], commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha [informal], hoo-hah [informal], hurly burly, kerfuffle [Brit, informal], song and dance [Brit, informal], to-do [informal], windstorm [N. Amer]

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