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a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
- the downpour was so heavy that we were soaked by the time we got to the car
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“Downpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downpour. Accessed 18 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of downpour was in 1801
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