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hail

noun as in torrent

verb as in call to, yell for

verb as in honor, salute

verb as in come from; originate

verb as in rain down on

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A man struck in a hail of eight bullets Sunday afternoon had collapsed in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven in Southwest Washington.

That day at the park, we packed our bags while dodging peanut-size hail in a parking lot near String Lake.

Each storm can bring a suite of problems, from hail to high winds, but it’s lightning that is your number one concern.

Severe thunderstorms can bring lightning and large hail on some occasions.

It’s everything from getting a cab hail to wondering what’s going to happen when you get pulled over.

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Why call a taxi when you can hail a Lyft to pick up visiting family and friends?

Elsewhere on the Internet, and often, Turkers butt heads over which tools work best, or what nation they hail from.

They unleashed a hail of bullets to rival the final scene in ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’

Victoria and Zoe Yin, who hail from Boston, were both deemed child prodigies at young ages.

As an election tactic, it was a Hail-Mary move: a half-hour address by an aging actor of no political standing or constituency.

But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.

Then he broke off, and when he next gave hint of his whereabouts, it was to hail us from the nearest point on the canyon rim.

Thickets were swept as with a great jagged scythe by the leaden hail which swept through them.

He is the true soldier who knows how to die and stand his ground in the midst of a hail of bullets.

Slipping the cable once more, the lifeboat gallantly dashed into the thickest of the fight, and soon got within hail of the wreck.

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On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hail, such as: barrage, bombardment, hailstorm, rain, salvo, and shower.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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