Ride round outskirts of Orpington in violent storm (7)
I believe the answer is:
cyclone
'violent storm' is the definition.
(cyclone is a kind of violent storm)
'ride round outskirts of orpington' is the wordplay.
'ride' becomes 'cycle' (to cycle is to ride a bicycle).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'outskirts of' suggests removing the centre (only letters on the outskirts).
'orpington' with its centre taken out is 'on'.
'cycle' going around 'on' is 'CYCLONE'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for cyclone that I've seen before include "Hurricane" , "storm in the West Indies, say" , "lots of wind" , "Violent whirling wind" , "Spiralling wind" .)