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verb
Rain heavily.
synonyms: pelt, pour, rain cats and dogs, stream.
is a specific kind of: rain, rain down.
is a broader term that covers: sheet | sluice, sluice down.
derivation: cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout.
Dutch: gieten, pijpenstelen regenen
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