hailstorm

noun

hail·​storm ˈhāl-ˌstȯrm How to pronounce hailstorm (audio)
: a storm accompanied by hail

Examples of hailstorm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web McDonnell remembers getting paged during a hailstorm from a couple who insisted on getting their lesson. Chris MacIas -, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024 Hail Fog - Falls after a heavy hailstorm when cold balls of ice fall into warm and moist air near the surface, creating patchy and shallow fog Radiation Fog - Forms at night when skies are clear and winds are calm when heat absorbed by the earth's surface during the day is radiated into space. Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024 The result is a gory environmentalist tale — in which people are killed by freak hailstorms or crushed by collapsing oil machinery. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 21 July 2023 Lack of safe shelter from extreme weather affected multiple concerts last year, including a Louis Tomlinson show in June in Colorado where a hailstorm injured 80 to 90 people and forced the gig to be called off, according to the local fire service. Diana Baptista, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2024 The storms are typically characterized by high winds, hailstorms, derechos, and tornados. Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 29 May 2023 Dozens were injured when a storm pelted a Colorado music venue with golf-ball sized hail, also in June, while a September hailstorm near Austin, Texas, damaged 750 vehicles owned by auto dealership operator Penske Automotive Group . Richard Vanderford, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023 There’s scant evidence that hailstorms or tornadoes or blizzards are on the increase, for example. Scott Denning, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2023 Experts say some areas will likely see an increase in hailstorms, along with more potentially damaging hail, even as the global surface warms. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hailstorm was in the 15th century

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“Hailstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hailstorm. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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hailstorm

noun
hail·​storm -ˌstȯ(ə)rm How to pronounce hailstorm (audio)
: a storm accompanied by hail

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