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Synonyms & Antonyms of rainfall
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
- a torrential rainfall washed away most of the little sprouts in our vegetable garden
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Aka, the scent released when rain hits dry earth
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“Rainfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainfall. Accessed 27 Sep. 2020.
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The first known use of rainfall was in 1817
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