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Cloudburst

//ˈklaʊdˌbɝst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sudden heavy rainstorm.

    "[B]ut the sound . . . expressed an utter abandonment to grief; not the cloud-burst of some passing emotion, but the slow down-pour of a whole heaven of sorrow."

  2. 2
    a heavy rain wordnet

Etymology

From cloud + burst.

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