Synonyms for firestorm
firestorm

Princeton's WordNet

1. firestormnoun

   a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area

2. firestormnoun

   an outburst of controversy

   "the incident triggered a political firestorm"

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1. Dennis Ross:

   Holding something very close makes sense and it's not taken as a negative by the parties, because in the end, if the content isn't leaking out, it also makes sure that what would be controversial doesn't create an immediate firestorm. There's a logic to that.

2. David Makovsky:

   There’s no doubt that this approach will lead to a firestorm between these two governments if they go forward.

3. Eliot Cohen:

   You immediately walk into a firestorm of things that you have to take care of.

4. Steve Fitzgerald:

   So Planned Parenthood is busy out their waging war against the next generation and winning, planned Parenthood was a firestorm. I got calls from everywhere,' How dare you ? How could you ? How could you compare it to Dachau ?'.

5. Peter King:

   There's the consequences of Rosenstein that would open up, it would just create a firestorm, whether it's right or wrong to do it, the fact is it would create a firestorm that doesn't make it worthwhile.