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cloudburst

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cloud·burst  (kloudbûrst)
n.
A sudden heavy rainstorm; a downpour.
cloudburst [ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a heavy downpour
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cloudburstcloudburst - a heavy rain                        
downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout, deluge
rain, rainfall - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Translations
cloudburst [ˈklaʊdbɜːst] N → chaparrón m
cloudburst [ˈklaʊdbɜːrst] n → violente averse f
cloud cover n → couverture f nuageuse
cloud-cuckoo-land [ˌklaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd] n (British) to live in cloud-cuckoo-land → planer > complètement
She lives in cloud-cuckoo-land → Elle plane complètement.
cloudburst [ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst] n → acquazzone m
cloudburst [ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst] n → acquazzone m


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On board the Arangi, relieved by the lowering of her mainsail, as the fierceness went out of the wind and the cloudburst of tropic rain began to fall, Van Horn and Borckman lurched toward each other in the blackness.
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And wouldn't it a-ben a hundred thousand if that cloudburst hadn't busted my wing-dam?
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and in her unresting activities, and her fearless ways, and her sunbursts and cloudbursts, she is always bringing George back to me.
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