meteoric shower

noun

Astronomy.

1. meteor shower.

Word History and Origins

Origin of meteoric shower¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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

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

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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.

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They are none the worse for passing through a meteoric shower of petty misfortunes.

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Mr. Talmage tells us that his father was terrified by the meteoric shower that visited our earth in 1833.

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