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Meanings of
cloudburst
in English
Portuguese
aguaceiro
Catalan
bàtec
Spanish
aguacero
Back to the meaning
A heavy rain.
torrent
deluge
downpour
pelter
waterspout
soaker
Portuguese
aguaceiro
Synonyms
Examples for "
torrent
"
torrent
deluge
downpour
pelter
waterspout
Examples for "
torrent
"
1
Wordplay update: And thanks for the
torrent
of suggested fun-sounding negative words.
2
The bed of the
torrent
served him for the first few miles.
3
His words, however, were drowned in a
torrent
of bravos and catcalls.
4
The water is a roaring
torrent
in the bottom of the gully.
5
Joe: Resolute will almost certainly be available on
torrent
-
tracking
sites like Mininova.
1
The
deluge
of information is expected to increase efficiency and lower prices.
2
The program has struggled under a
deluge
of thousands of unprocessed cases.
3
Blistering heat can turn to a freezing
deluge
in minutes, Sillerud said.
4
The number of malware attacks on point-of-sale systems is becoming a
deluge
.
5
We ignored a
deluge
of irrepressible questions I could not answer now.
1
Mr Goff said the water system was coping despite the latest
downpour
.
2
However, at least some of the
downpour
went where it was needed.
3
They sat in awkward silence, listening to the
downpour
and the wind.
4
A brief
downpour
of rain drenched the place and left her untouched.
5
An hour ago we had thunder and lightning, and a torrential
downpour
.
1
Will you stand there and
pelter
with me, man?
2
Peering up through the skylight, she could see the raindrops that had started to
pelter
the glass.
3
Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the
pelter
.
4
Turn left, following the riverside path through woodland to reach
Pelter
Bridge.
5
It halted near the railroad, and Jesse
Pelter
sprang to the ground.
1
The ship was lowered about a hundred feet away from the
waterspout
.
2
By this flood, we may judge of the
waterspout
's
power of suction.
3
He's just been wrastlin' with a
waterspout
and he's some wore out.
4
A spectacular
waterspout
swept across a Belgian beach causing damage along the shore.
5
The rain fell like a
waterspout
,
and the throng immediately fled for shelter.
1
I'd like ter t'ump him a
soaker
on de jaw meself.
2
We just need a
soaker
to really help things out.
3
A nice steady
soaker
that chased everyone off the beach.
4
For a large garden, you may need elaborate
soaker
hoses, sprinklers, and drip irrigation pipes.
5
The sun's a good pimple, an honest
soaker
,
he has a cellar at your Antipodes.
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"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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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