torrential rain

collocation in English

meaningsoftorrentialandrain

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torrential
adjective
uk
/təˈren.ʃəl/us
/tɔːˈren.ʃəl/
used to refer to very ...
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rain
noun[U]
uk
/reɪn/us
/reɪn/
drops of water ...
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(Definition oftorrentialandrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Torrentialrainhelped to disperse the large crowd, estimated at 150,000.
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The farmers were encouraged to share their problems, and most of them mentioned loss of seeds and seedlings owing totorrentialrain.
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Additionally,torrentialrainmade the ground heavy.
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Atorrentialrainsoaked the festival.
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Sadly, 29 people lost their lives in the floods and landslides caused by thetorrentialrain.
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But within a comparatively short time a sudden thaw was accompanied bytorrentialrain.
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Death of sheep and goats was due to suddentorrentialrainafter very dry weather.
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Although high summer,torrentialrainwashed the proceedings out.
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It was abandoned due totorrentialrainin 1975.
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On the street outside,torrentialrainalternated with freezing hailstorms.
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The 1975 running was abandoned because oftorrentialrain.
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Thetorrentialrainblocked highways and railways across six states.
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Her power can causetorrentialrainand flooding.
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They set off on a black steed intorrentialrain.
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On two occasions there wastorrentialrainand a lot of water came into the shed in which he worked.
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Ideally you need a nice pot-holed road after it has been subject to about two weeks oftorrentialrain.
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One or two millennia ago, when industry did not exist, were there not earthquakes,torrentialrainand other assorted disasters?
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Whentorrentialrainfell on saturated ground, flooding was inevitable, as the quick run-off rapidly overfilled many rivers.
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The line was closed in 1984 following landslides caused bytorrentialrain.
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Players and supporters awoke totorrentialrainon the morning of the game.
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Now, the weather intervened:torrentialrainturned the rivers into torrents and halted air support operations.
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What added more to the match was that it was played intorrentialrain.
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Even the non-stoptorrentialraincouldn't wash the smile from my face.
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However, for the third year in a row,torrentialrainruined the event.
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The site presented many challenges including precipitous cliffs,torrentialrain, and raging floods.
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