cloudburst
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈklaʊdbɜrst/
:
aguacero
- Last summer, a cloudburst caused the river to overflow, creating a dangerous situation.
- a sudden cloudburst
Examples
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A sudden cloudburst flooded the streets within minutes, leaving cars stranded.
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There had been a cloudburst, and Buffalo Creek was up.
Fiction book (1990) -
A cloudburst followed.
Fiction book (2002) -
'''We ducked into an underpass to avoid the cloudburst.
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But neither she nor the attendant had reckoned on a cloudburst, and very soon it became no longer a diversion, but a serious and essential matter to get to a shelter.
Fiction book (1992) -
During a cloudburst, torrents gushed out of them, carried from the streets and from the natural drainage swales high in the grassy eastern hills above town.
Fiction book (1998) -
But less than two minutes after it began, the cloudburst stopped, and the thunderheads rolled away, clearing the sky and revealing bright thickets of stars and a nearly full moon above them, illuminating the hillside with a clean, silver light.
Fiction book (1997) -
During the hike, we experienced a cloudburst that soaked us completely before it stopped.
Synonyms
26
1.0
A short time when a lot of rain falls, often with strong wind
24
2.7
A heavy and sudden fall of rain
11
6.3
A very heavy rain that causes flooding
4
3.8
A short rainstorm with thunder and lightning
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4.4
A very heavy fall of rain that starts suddenly
1
3.0
A sudden very heavy fall of rain that soaks everything
1
4.2
A short time of very heavy rain
1
3.2
A lot of rain or snow that falls in a short time
Heavy rain that falls suddenly for a short time
A heavy sudden rain that soaks people quickly
A sudden heavy fall of rain that soaks quickly
A sudden strong storm with heavy rain and thunder
A short fall of rain that starts without warning
Antonyms
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cloudburst comes from cloud + burst, where burst means 'to break open', so imagine a cloud 'breaking open' like a water balloon and pouring out a sudden, very heavy rain.