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Meaning of Cataracts | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈkætəɹækts

Definitions

The floodgates of heaven, regarded as holding back the rain.

obsolete, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

العربية ماء العين

Examples

“No ſooner hee [Noah] vvith them of Man and Beaſt / Select for life ſhall in the Ark be lodg'd, / And ſhelterd round, but all the Cataracts / Of Heav'n ſet open on the Earth ſhall povvre / Raine day and night, […]”

CEFR level

C2
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See also

cataraft catarhine cataria Catarman Catarrh Catarrhal

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