OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31983

cloudburst

/ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aguacero • gota fría
A sudden heavy rainstorm.
A cloudburst in the China Creek district followed by continued heavy rains was responsible for the increased water.
[B]ut the sound . . . expressed an utter abandonment to grief; not the cloud-burst of some passing emotion, but the slow down-pour of a whole heaven of sorrow.
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