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cloud⋅burst

[kloud-burst]
–noun
a sudden and very heavy rainfall.

Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; cloud + burst
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cloud·burst   (kloud'bûrst')   
n.  A sudden heavy rainstorm; a downpour.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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