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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tremendous pouring of rain |
| Synonyms: | cloudburst, deluge, drencher, flood, inundation, monsoon, rainstorm, storm, torrential rain |
| Antonyms: | sprinkle |
| Main Entry: | shower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precipitation |
| Synonyms: | cloudburst, deluge, downpour, drizzle, flood, hail, rain, rainstorm, sleet, storm, thunderstorm |
| Main Entry: | shower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rain |
| Synonyms: | come down in buckets, downpour, drench, drizzle, fall, hail, mist, patter, pour, sleet, spray, sprinkle, storm |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong weather |
| Synonyms: | blast, blizzard, blow, cloudburst, cyclone, disturbance, downpour, gale, gust, hurricane, monsoon, precip, precipitation, raining cats and dogs, snowstorm, squall, tempest, tornado, twister, whirlwind, windstorm |
| Antonyms: | calm, clearness |
| Main Entry: | torrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy flow |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flooding, flux, gush, inundation, niagara, outburst, overflow, pour, rush, shower, spate, stream, tide, waterfall |
| Antonyms: | drip |
| Main Entry: | cloudburst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rainstorm |
| Synonyms: | deluge, downpour, storm, torrent |
| Main Entry: | washout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| Synonyms: | disaster, downpour, erosion, fiasco, flop, gully |
| Antonyms: | success, triumph |
| Main Entry: | alluvion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood |
| Synonyms: | Niagara, cascade, cataclysm, deluge, downpour, gush, inundation, overflow, torrent |
| Main Entry: | freshet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood |
| Synonyms: | alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, flux, gush, inundation, outpouring, overflow, spate, stream, surge, torrent |
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