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How to pronounce downpour in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cloudburst, deluge, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout
Type of rain, rainfall

Examples of downpour

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I left the house during the downpour, shaken by everything I had seen and heard.
From the abcnews.go.com
There was a torrential downpour that morning and they postponed it until Monday.
From the cnn.com
Across Sacramento and the suburbs, storm drains backed up when the downpour hit.
From the sacbee.com
The system simulated a heavy downpour that produces one inch of rain per minute.
From the sciencedaily.com
Neighbors on high ground saw friends next door lose cars to a furious downpour.
From the time.com
The downpour swamped a city park, an apartment complex and numerous businesses.
From the stltoday.com
The downpour broke the record of 0.68 of an inch for the date recorded in 1931.
From the signonsandiego.com
Rose began pouring it birdies not long after a downpour that soaked the course.
From the charlotteobserver.com
But already this week, a pre-monsoon downpour leaked into hundreds of shelters.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • A heavy rain
  • Downpour is the debut album of Mannafest, before the band changed its name to Edison and later to Edison Glass.
  • Related term: cloudburst