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Meanings of
cloudburst
in English
Portuguese
aguaceiro
Catalan
bàtec
Spanish
aguacero
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A heavy rain.
torrent
deluge
downpour
pelter
waterspout
soaker
Portuguese
aguaceiro
Usage of
cloudburst
in English
1
Once black clouds gathered in the distance, to pour out a
cloudburst
.
2
Torrential rains were poured upon the hills from a
cloudburst
exceptionally savage.
3
It was a
cloudburst
-
adownpoursuch as Hiram had seldom experienced before.
4
The whole land seemed to have become saturated and overflowed by the
cloudburst
.
5
Whitney's
cloudburst
of gentle sobs echoed in the room behind me.
6
Like a summer
cloudburst
,
the tantrum ends almost as soon as it begins.
7
It had to be stopped, overwhelmed like a forest fire under a
cloudburst
.
8
Above ground, wind and
cloudburst
rains damaged tents and scattered gear.
9
The tension had broken, like a
cloudburst
in a heat wave.
10
But it wouldn't amount to much if there was another
cloudburst
.
11
How heavily the rain did pour down, just like a
cloudburst
!
12
They were caught in the midst of a veritable
cloudburst
.
13
No light shower this: it was a
cloudburst
or nothing.
14
The rain was coming down like a
cloudburst
,
but Grace didn't seem to notice.
15
He feels different from a tough old
cloudburst
like you.
16
A
cloudburst
,
a hurricane, an electrical bombardment, struck the Jasper B. all at once.
Other examples for "cloudburst"
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cloudburst
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
veritable cloudburst
be another cloudburst
become a cloudburst
cool cloudburst
frightful cloudburst
More collocations
Translations for
cloudburst
Portuguese
aguaceiro
temporal
Catalan
bàtec
xàfec
ruixat
Spanish
aguacero
turbión
Cloudburst
through the time