Devolution and Storm

noun

• The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality.
  • synonyms: degeneration
• The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government. ).
  • synonyms: devolvement

• (n.) The act of rolling down.
• (n.) Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor.

DEVOLUTION is the delegation of authority from higher to lower levels.

noun

• A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning.
  • synonyms: violent storm
• A violent commotion or disturbance.
  • usage: "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
  • synonyms: tempest
• A direct and violent assault on a stronghold.

verb

• Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger.
  • synonyms: ramp, rage
• Take by force.
  • usage: "Storm the fort"
  • synonyms: force
• Rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning.
  • usage: "If it storms, we'll need shelter"
• Blow hard.
  • usage: "It was storming all night"
• Attack by storm; attack suddenly.
  • synonyms: surprise

• (v.t.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches or the like; as, to storm a fortified town.
• (n.) A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.
• (n.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates or the like.
• (n.) A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
• (n.) A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.
• (v.i.) To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.
• (v.i.) To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow or the like, usually in a violent manner or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms.
• (v.i.) To raise a tempest.

• Anglo-Saxon, English: Storm
• English: Means simply "storm" from the English word (ultimately from Old English)