take by storm

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And he realized with a pang that he, impudent in his libertinism, had entertained with a light heart the light hope in some audacious way to take by storm the love of this unknown woman.

From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

This modern Portia, after a preliminary survey of the premises which she was to take by storm, quickly determined upon a plan of action.

From John Marsh's Millions by Hornblow, Arthur

Meanwhile the Mahdi, having failed to take by storm, laid siege to El Obeid, the chief town of Kordofan.

From The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Churchill, Winston

On the 13th of January 946, Abū Yazīd shut up Qā’im’s forces in Susa which he began to besiege, and attempted to take by storm.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

And at the other end of the bridge the old Roman walls of London itself were far too strong for our force to take by storm.

From King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)