bestorm

Etymology

From be- + storm. Compare Old English bestyrman (“to agitate”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), West Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), Dutch bestormen (“to storm, assault, rush, attack”), German bestürmen (“to storm, besiege, bombard, inundate”), Swedish bestorma (“to besiege, attack, assail”).

bestorm means To overtake with a storm; assail with storms. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

verb

To overtake with a storm; assail with storms.