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rain

Definition for rain

verb as in drop water or other substance

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Example Sentences

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The crowd erupted as they took to the ice, and rained down plush toys on them as they finished.

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It’s a crisp night in the rugged mountains above Los Angeles following the first rains of fall.

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“I always imagined heavy rain there and lightning shining on someone’s face,” Hollis said about a perhaps heroic moment linked to the fire.

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Then by the end of the week, heavy rain and strong winds look likely.

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Cloud seeding is the practice of using aeroplanes to fire salt or other chemicals into clouds to induce rain.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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