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[ heyl-stawrm ] / ˈheɪlˌstɔrm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hailstorm ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of hailstormFirst recorded in 1675–85; hail2 + storm Words nearby hailstormhail from, hailing distance, Hail Mary, Hailsham of St Marylebone, hailstone, hailstorm, “Hail to the Chief”, Hailwood, haimish, Hainan, Hainan Strait Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hailstorm“God is great,” says a man who follows the hailstorm from his doorway. Gay Syrian Blogger a Hoax?|Asne Seierstad|June 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST Car owners will thus know when to postpone trips, or to pull off the road when a hailstorm is approaching. E.L. Rothschild and Weather Central Launch MyWeather|Lizzie Crocker|May 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST Nay, blame us not that we came to beseech the Gods when we heard the hailstorm of war rattling on the gates. Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church Fort Duchesne was still in sight when a hailstorm struck us. On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck|R. Pitcher Woodward
The fire is chasing to the south, and the hailstorm has veered off down that stream this side of those three headlands over there. Winning the Wilderness|Margaret Hill McCarter He became bewildered by this violent strife of words, by this hailstorm of accusations which whizzed around his ears. The Empress Josephine|Louise Muhlbach The day begins with a shower of bills and accounts and winds up with a hailstorm of protests. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter|Henry Murger
British Dictionary definitions for hailstorm
nouna storm during which hail falls Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hailstormrainfall, snow, rain, storm, drizzle, sleet, rainstorm, bombardment, salvo, shower, barrage, volley, condensation, cloudburst, hail, wetness, cannonade, broadside, pelting |