as in rain
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
a torrential rainfall washed away most of the little sprouts in our vegetable garden
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Recent Examples of rainfall
Wind gusts up to 40-50 mph, frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and heavy rainfall.
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Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Southern California continues to face evolving threats from natural disasters—from wildfires fueled by extreme heat and drought to floods and debris flows following record-breaking rainfall, to the ever-present risk of earthquakes.
—Advertorial, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Kansas City received a record-breaking 2.46 inches of rain Tuesday, smashing the previous daily rainfall record of 2.25 inches set in 2015.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 4 June 2025
The storms brought record-breaking rainfall to the Kansas City area.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
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Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Southern California continues to face evolving threats from natural disasters—from wildfires fueled by extreme heat and drought to floods and debris flows following record-breaking rainfall, to the ever-present risk of earthquakes.
—Advertorial, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Kansas City received a record-breaking 2.46 inches of rain Tuesday, smashing the previous daily rainfall record of 2.25 inches set in 2015.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 4 June 2025
The storms brought record-breaking rainfall to the Kansas City area.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainfall
rain
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Temperatures hover in the high 80s to low 90s, with rain chances at 60% across the entire region.—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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Amid a chilly rain at Muirfield Village on Friday, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler began his round with a solid birdie look from 23 feet away on the par-4 1st.—
Jack Milko,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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“Rainfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainfall. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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