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Cloudburst   /klˈaʊdbˌərst/   Listen
Cloudburst

noun
1.
A heavy rain.  Synonyms: deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout.






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"Cloudburst" Quotes from Famous Books



... she went on, "how things will take the gloss of humor, looking back. That cloudburst was anything but funny at the time; it was miserably exasperating to stand there drenched, with the comfortable quarters of the mining company in sight, cut off by an impassable washout. And it was wretched ...
— The Rim of the Desert • Ada Woodruff Anderson

... stammered the poor fellow to whom this sudden torrent of conversation was as overwhelming as a cloudburst. "But I have ...
— The Heart of the Desert - Kut-Le of the Desert • Honore Willsie Morrow



Words linked to "Cloudburst" :   rain, rainfall



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