From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcloudburstcloud‧burst /ˈklaʊdbɜːst $ -bɜːrst/ noun [countable] DNa sudden short rainstorm
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cloudburst• An almighty cloudburst of possibilities had cascaded over his head and he loved that too.• Corrosion Caused Cloudburst Corrosion in pipework has been blamed for a gas escape which triggered the operation cloudburst emergency plan in February.• She found Alice knitting in a pale sitting room whose window was a gigantic cloudburst of primrose and grey.• A sudden cloudburst set the taxi windscreen wipers to work.• It had poured with rain; a total cloudburst, thunder cracking and grumbling in the skies above the city. 