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meteoric shower

American  

noun

Astronomy.
  1. meteor shower.


Etymology

Origin of meteoric shower

First recorded in 1825–35

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"The theory is that after the core formed there was a meteoric shower that struck the Earth," says Willbold.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2013

So science has had to come up with an explanation, and the answer currently favoured is - a meteoric shower.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2013

While the precious fallout from this meteoric shower lay scattered on the surface of the moon, on Earth the planet's internal activity had churned it into the mantle too.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2013

I refer to the meteoric shower of the 13th of November, 1833.

From Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian by Haight, Canniff

This prophecy received a striking and impressive fulfilment in the great meteoric shower of November 13, 1833.

From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon

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