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hailstorm

[ heyl-stawrm ]

/ ˈheɪlˌstɔrm /

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noun

a storm with hail.

Origin of hailstorm

First recorded in 1675–85; hail² + storm

Words nearby hailstorm

haile selassie i, hailey and hailey disease, hailing distance, hailsham of st marylebone, hailstone, hailstorm, hailwood, haimish, hain't, hainan, hainan strait

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

hailstorm

/ (ˈheɪlˌstɔːm) /

noun

a storm during which hail falls