Definition of hailstorm
: a storm accompanied by hail
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Stone Circle was scheduled to have its first activation in late April, but a last-minute hailstorm threw a wrench in the plans.
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How about parking yourself in a hailstorm with chunks of ice as large as softballs pummeling the ground around you?
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This hailstorm of events would have sent the average celebrity straight into hiding, but not Giada, 40.
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Other European producers, including France and Spain, were also hit by environmental factors such as hailstorms and frosts in 2017 that negatively impacted their harvests.
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Just last July 27, a hailstorm in Istanbul prompted several emergency landings from planes that took quite a beating.
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Vierra's own West Sacramento garden was hit hard by Monday's freak hailstorm.
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USA TODAY Ruinous for cars, homes and especially crops, hailstorms are the USA's most economically destructive hazard that comes from severe thunderstorms, usually even worse than tornadoes.
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The comment unleashed a hailstorm of criticism, tarnishing her image.
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First Known Use of hailstorm
15th century
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: a storm that brings hail
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