Event that opens "The Tempest" Crossword Clue

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Event that opens "The Tempest" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
2. attack by storm; attack suddenly
(noun)
1. a violent commotion or disturbance
2. a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TEMPEST (noun)
1. a violent commotion or disturbance
2. (literary) a violent wind
EVENT (noun)
1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
2. a special set of circumstances

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