storm center
- noun
- /stɔrm ˈsɛntər/
- US
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epicentro de la controversia
- After the controversial decision, the school became a storm center for heated discussions and protests.
Examples
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The recent scandal turned the small town into a political storm center as debates erupted among the residents.
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It was clear that there was some danger of matters getting out of hand, with the university becoming a political storm center.
Academic text (2000) -
The upcoming election has made the candidate's campaign headquarters a storm center of media attention and public scrutiny.
Antonyms
How Controversial
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'central point or focal area of trouble' is directly compositional from 'storm' (trouble/disturbance) and 'center' (middle/place), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the phrase denotes the central area of a storm or figuratively the focal point of controversy. The noun+noun composition and the 'center of X' pattern are cross-linguistically common and therefore readily interpretable.
Etymology
Storm center paints the picture of a strong storm where everything spins toward one point, the center. So when someone or something is called the storm center, it means the place where 'trouble' or argument gathers and everyone focuses their attention.