It wasn't just rain, it was a cloudburst.
Source: tatoeba (11027722)
Cloudburst
//ˈklaʊdˌbɝst//
Synonyms for "cloudburst" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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Translations
52 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- տարափ noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Belarusian
1 entries- лі́вень noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Bulgarian
1 entries- порой noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Catalan
1 entries- xàfec noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Czech
2 entries- liják noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- průtrž mračen noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Danish
1 entries- skybrud noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Dutch
1 entries- wolkbreuk noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Finnish
1 entries- rankkasade noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
French
1 entries- averse noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Georgian
1 entries- თავსხმა noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
German
1 entries- Wolkenbruch noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Hungarian
1 entries- felhőszakadás noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Irish
1 entries- maidhm bháistí noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Italian
4 entries- acquazzone noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- nubifragio noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- rovescio noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- scroscio noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Japanese
1 entries- 豪雨 noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Macedonian
2 entries- по́рој noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- по́ројник noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Malay
1 entries- hujan curah noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Malayalam
1 entries- മേഘസ്ഫോടനം noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Marathi
1 entries- ढगफुटी noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Norwegian
1 entries- styrtregn noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- skybrott noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- skybrudd noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- skybrot noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- skybrott noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Persian
2 entries- رگبار پراکنده noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- شغال باران noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wolkjenbruch noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Polish
1 entries- oberwanie chmury noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Portuguese
2 entries- aguaceiro noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- chuveiro noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Romanian
1 entries- rupere de nori noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Russian
1 entries- ли́вень noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Spanish
2 entries- aguacero noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- gota fría noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- sibibusi noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Swedish
4 entries- hällregn noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- skyfall noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- spöregn noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- störtregn noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зли́ва noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Welsh
3 entries- cwmwl wedi torri noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- cwmwl yn torri noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- torgwmwl noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Yiddish
2 entries- וואָלקנבראָך noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
- וואָלקנבראָךן noun (sudden heavy rainstorm)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
While the authorities still believe most dikes will hold, a cloudburst and severe thunder storm made matters worse late Friday.
Source: tatoeba (12402533)
[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.
Source: wiktionary
A cloudburst in the China Creek district followed by continued heavy rains was responsible for the increased water.
Source: wiktionary
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