Definition of "cloudburst" [cloudburst]

• A sudden heavy rainstorm; a downpour. (noun)

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• ""Isn't that pretty nearly what people call a cloudburst, uncle Phaeton?" asked Bruno, curiously watching that receding mass of what from their present standpoint looked like vapour."
• "The cloudburst is a localised weather phenomena representing highly concentrated rainfall over"
• "Some shops opened for the first time since the "cloudburst" struck in the middle of the night."