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hailstorm

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hail·storm  (hlstôrm)
n.
A storm with hail.
hailstorm [ˈheɪlˌstɔːm]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a storm during which hail falls
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Noun1.hailstorm - a storm during which hail falls
storm, violent storm - a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
Translations
hailstorm [ˈheɪlstɔːm] N → granizada f
hailstorm hail storm [ˈheɪlstɔːrm] n → averse f de grêle
hailstorm [ˈheɪlˈstɔːm] n → grandinata
hailstorm [ˈheɪlˈstɔːm] n → grandinata


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And many a one who hath come along as a destroyer, and as a hailstorm to all cornfields, wanted merely to put his foot into the jaws of the rabble, and thus stop their throat.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Dorothy thought it sounded like a sudden hailstorm, and the visitors, knowing that caution was no longer necessary, hurried forward to see what had happened.
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Sancho planted himself behind his ass, and with him sheltered himself from the hailstorm that poured on both of them.
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