What is the meaning of tempest?

noun

  • A violent commotion or disturbance.
    • usage: "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
  • Literary) a violent wind. (
    • usage: "a tempest swept over the island"
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