as in rain
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
the weatherman warned of possible cloudbursts in the afternoon
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Like a cloudburst in the desert, here comes the Honda to gully-wash the status quo.
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Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
Why work so hard to verify a cloudburst of butterflies migrating so long ago through the busiest part of one of the busiest cities on Earth?
—Longreads, 11 Mar. 2022
The downpour started with a cloudburst over the Olmos Creek watershed and didn’t let up for 18 hours, from the evening of Friday, Sept. 9, to the morning of Friday, Sept. 10, creating a wall of water downtown that rose almost to the second floor of the Gunter Hotel.
—Michael Corcoran, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Sep. 2021
The full band — rounded out by bassist-vocalist Dolan, guitarist Alex Bouks, and drummer Steve Shalaty — enters in a blast-beat-powered cloudburst, as Dolan roars out a portrait of the arriving apocalypse.
—Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2022
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Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
Why work so hard to verify a cloudburst of butterflies migrating so long ago through the busiest part of one of the busiest cities on Earth?
—Longreads, 11 Mar. 2022
The downpour started with a cloudburst over the Olmos Creek watershed and didn’t let up for 18 hours, from the evening of Friday, Sept. 9, to the morning of Friday, Sept. 10, creating a wall of water downtown that rose almost to the second floor of the Gunter Hotel.
—Michael Corcoran, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Sep. 2021
The full band — rounded out by bassist-vocalist Dolan, guitarist Alex Bouks, and drummer Steve Shalaty — enters in a blast-beat-powered cloudburst, as Dolan roars out a portrait of the arriving apocalypse.
—Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2022
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“Cloudburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloudburst. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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