cloudburst

[ kloud-burst ]

/ ˈklaʊdˌbɜrst /

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noun

a sudden and very heavy rainfall.

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Origin of cloudburst

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; cloud + burst

Words nearby cloudburst

cloudage, cloud band, cloud base, cloudberry, cloudbow, cloudburst, cloud cap, cloud-capped, cloud chamber, cloud computing, cloud cover

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How to use cloudburst in a sentence

When an Amazon facility lost power in a storm this week, it caused a major cloudburst of its own.
Blame It on the Cloud: Amazon Outage Shows Peril of Outsourcing Data|Daniel Gross|October 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Once black clouds gathered in the distance, to pour out a cloudburst.
Space Prison|Tom Godwin
A deep sheet of water swept down from the prairie beyond the town limits to the west, where the rainfall was a cloudburst.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
Before it lay a long descent, a cloudburst, the sunset of a civilization, another night.
Musical Portraits|Paul Rosenfeld

Just a yielding here, a parting there, until the cloudburst precipitated the disaster.
The Thing from the Lake|Eleanor M. Ingram
The first awful effects of the cloudburst were passing, and the water was going down slowly but surely.
The Rover Boys on a Tour|Arthur M. Winfield

British Dictionary definitions for cloudburst

cloudburst

/ (ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst) /

noun

a heavy downpour

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