Synonyms for cloudburst

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kloud-burst

Phonetic Transcription : ˈklaʊdˌbɜrst

Définition of cloudburst

Origin : also cloud-burst, 1817, American English, from cloud (n.) + burst (n.). Parallels German Wolkenbruch.

noun rainstorm

Example sentences :

Once black clouds gathered in the distance, to pour out a cloudburst.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

"The cloudburst was too much for the dam," he answered regretfully.
Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram

To have called at Brompton Square would have been asking for a cloudburst.
Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson

It looked as if we would have a cloudburst that fearful morning.
Extract from : « True Bear Stories » by Joaquin Miller

There had been a cloudburst on a distant mountain and the stream was yellow and turbid.
Extract from : « The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras » by Marvin West

Isn't that pretty nearly what people call a cloudburst, uncle Phaeton?
Extract from : « The Lost City » by Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

We call every snowstorm a blizzard, every breeze a gale, every shower a cloudburst.
Extract from : « Reading the Weather » by Thomas Morris Longstreth

Then the thunder of its roaring subsided by degrees and by sundown the cloudburst was past.
Extract from : « Wunpost » by Dane Coolidge

So I crabbed the whole play, eh, and fetched that cloudburst down Woodpecker?
Extract from : « Wunpost » by Dane Coolidge

You know what I mean,” she said at the gate; “have you forgotten about the cloudburst?
Extract from : « Wunpost » by Dane Coolidge

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