as in rain
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
we ran into a big rainstorm on Highway 6, and the visibility was so poor we had to pull over
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Recent Examples of rainstorm
Mosquitoes need water to breed, so limit standing water around your home by cleaning gutters and downspouts, removing leaves from low-lying areas and draining dishes under flower pots after rainstorms.
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Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 28 July 2025
What To Know In 2024, dozens of 100-year rainstorms struck the U.S.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
What might have been a mundane summer rainstorm at one time led to flooding that killed at least two people, destroyed property and snarled travel across three states.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
The database will have information on how the likelihood and severity of 100-year rainfall events, as well as even rarer events – such as 1,000-year rainstorms, will shift depending on how much the planet warms during the next several decades.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
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Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 28 July 2025
What To Know In 2024, dozens of 100-year rainstorms struck the U.S.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
What might have been a mundane summer rainstorm at one time led to flooding that killed at least two people, destroyed property and snarled travel across three states.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
The database will have information on how the likelihood and severity of 100-year rainfall events, as well as even rarer events – such as 1,000-year rainstorms, will shift depending on how much the planet warms during the next several decades.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainstorm
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China’s dominance of the Mekong River in particular has enabled it to reinforce its position in Laos and Cambodia, to the detriment of the local agricultural sectors whenever there is a shortfall of rain upstream within China.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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According to Lynette Ng, spokesperson for Unite Here Local 26, the union representing concession workers at the home of the Boston Red Sox, the striking workers held strong through sweltering heat and occasional rain to make their voices heard.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
29 July 2025
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In Georgetown, two RV parks along the San Gabriel River that were all but wiped off the map are directly in the floodway, where water moves most forcefully during storms.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Aug. 2025
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The storms are packing marble-sized hail (0.5 inches).—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Rainstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainstorm. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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