· anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"

Synonym(s): rain

Hypernym(s): sequence, chronological_sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological_succession

· cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"

Synonym(s): bombard

Hypernym(s): throw

· attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"

Synonym(s): pepper

Hypernym(s): attack, assail

· rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

Synonym(s): pour, stream, rain_cats_and_dogs, rain_buckets

Hypernym(s): rain, rain_down