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cloudburst [′klau̇d‚bərst] (meteorology) In popular terminology, any sudden and heavy fall of rain, usually of the shower type, and with a fall rate equal to or greater than 100 millimeters (3.94 inches) per hour. Also known as rain gush; rain gust. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On board the Arangi, relieved by the lowering of her mainsail, as the fierceness went out of the wind and the cloudburst of tropic rain began to fall, Van Horn and Borckman lurched toward each other in the blackness. And wouldn't it a-ben a hundred thousand if that cloudburst hadn't busted my wing-dam? and in her unresting activities, and her fearless ways, and her sunbursts and cloudbursts, she is always bringing George back to me. |
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