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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cloud-burst \Cloud"-burst`\, n.
     A sudden copious rainfall, as if the whole cloud had been
     precipitated at once.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  cloudburst
       n : a heavy rain [syn: {downpour}, {deluge}, {waterspout}, {torrent},
            {pelter}, {soaker}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "cloudburst":
     brash, burst of rain, deluge, downfall, downflow, downpour,
     drencher, flood, gushing rain, heavy rain, plash, pour, rainburst,
     rainspout, rainstorm, scud, soaker, soaking rain, spate, spout,
     torrent of rain, waterspout
  
  

















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