Tempest

  • 11tempest — index bluster (commotion), commotion, furor, outburst, turmoil Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12Tempest — Tempest, The a play by William Shakespeare about ↑Prospero, the Duke of Milan, who has been forced by his brother to live alone on a distant island with his daughter ↑Miranda. The other main characters are Prospero s magical helper, Ariel, and… …

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  • 13tempest — violent storm, mid 13c., from O.Fr. tempeste (11c.), from V.L. *tempesta, from L. tempestas (gen. tempestatis) storm, weather, season, also commotion, disturbance, related to tempus time, season. Sense evolution is from period of time to period… …

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  • 14tempest — [n] wild storm; commotion blizzard, bluster, chaos, convulsion, cyclone, disturbance, ferment, furor, gale, hurricane, squall, tornado, tumult, typhoon, upheaval, uproar, wildness, windstorm; concepts 230,526 Ant. calm …

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  • 15tempest — ► NOUN ▪ a violent windy storm. ORIGIN Latin tempestas season, weather, storm …

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  • 16Tempest — A tempest is a violent storm.Tempest or The Tempest may also refer to: In fiction * The Tempest , a play by William Shakespeare ** The Tempest (Dryden), an adaptation of Shakespeare s play by John Dryden and William D Avenant ** The Tempest… …

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  • 17TEMPEST — Van Eck Phreaking ist eine Technik zur elektronischen Spionage, bei der unbeabsichtigte elektromagnetische Abstrahlungen empfangen werden. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Funktionsweise 2 Geschichtliches 3 Schutzmöglichkeiten 4 Verbreitung in den Medien 5 …

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  • 18Tempest — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Tempest », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Tempest est le mot anglais équivalent au… …

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  • 19Tempest — This interesting name derives from the Olde French tempest(e) or the Medieval English tempest literally meaning a violent storm . However, the name was probably originally given as a nickname to one having a blustery temperament. The surname is… …

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  • 20tempest — [[t]te̱mpɪst[/t]] tempests 1) N COUNT A tempest is a very violent storm. [LITERARY] Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country. Syn: storm 2) N COUNT: usu with supp You can refer to a situation in which… …

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