All hailstorm synonyms
hail·storm
H h noun hailstorm
- sleet — precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- salvo — a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- rain — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- shower — a person or thing that shows.
- barrage — A barrage is continuous firing on an area with large guns and tanks.
- storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.
- volley — the simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles or firearms.
- rainfall — a fall or shower of rain.
- snow — Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
- drizzle — to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle: It drizzled throughout the night.
- condensation — Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
- cloudburst — A cloudburst is a sudden, very heavy fall of rain.
- hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- wetness — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- cannonade — A cannonade is an intense continuous attack of gunfire.
- broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
- pelting — paltry; petty; mean.
- torrent — a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.