"cloudbuster" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cloudbusters [plural], cloud buster [alternative]
Etymology: From cloud + buster. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cloud|buster}} cloud + buster Head templates: {{en-noun}} cloudbuster (plural cloudbusters)
  1. A pseudoscientific device supposed to drain clouds of orgone and thus cause rain. Wikipedia link: cloudbuster Categories (topical): Orgonomy, Pseudoscience Related terms: cloudbusting
    Sense id: en-cloudbuster-en-noun-Q9uIbuTc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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