Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A storm with hail.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A storm of hail.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of hail storm.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a storm during which hail falls
Etymologies
- hail + storm (Wiktionary)
Examples
“* Extreme weather videos in hailstorm and tornado flavors.”
“The Oriental hailstorm is a terrific agent; the hailstones are masses of ice, large as walnuts, and sometimes as two fists; their prodigious size, and the violence with which they fall, make them always very injurious to property, and often fatal to life.”
“A last-term hailstorm and generally miserable conditions didn't worry Tuck or his teammates as they turned a 19-point deficit at the long interval into a rousing 20-point victory.”
“Niemcewicz, who lived through it, describes as a hailstorm of bullets, grapeshot and shells, poured down upon the Polish lines.”
“His model, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, suggests that the 'hailstorm' would have only lasted about an hour.”
“His model, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, suggests that the '' hailstorm '' would have only lasted about an hour.”
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“DIYALA, Iraq - On the night of Jan 21, residents of Muqdadiyah, Iraq, were soundly asleep in their beds, completely oblivious to the "hailstorm" that was outside.”
“He waited until around midday before he unleashed a "hailstorm" of rocks against visitors, the study said.”
“He waited until around midday before he unleashed a "hailstorm" of rocks against visitors, the study said. ...”
“He hung on till midday after which he unleashed a "hailstorm" of rocks on the visitors.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hailstorm’.
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• Little pains in my butt
Annoying, little, things. In a single word.
psoriasis, interjections, sultriness, spam, mice, mosquitoes, dust, mould, ipod, pimple, blister, sliver and 93 more...
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Words for ice and snow
Environmental Ice and Snow
(excluding all the food ice)ice, icicle, frazil, frasil, sleet, slush, snow, flurry, snowfall, freeze, flash-freeze, quick-freeze and 618 more...
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Dewdrops
Sparkling words I love :3
photograph, maelstrom, necromancy, pristine, cremation, euphamism, railway, xeric, journey, smear, crypt, gangrene and 43 more...
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