hail down

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w>hail down

vi (stones etc) → niederprasseln, niederhageln (on sb/sth auf jdn/etw); blows hailed down (on him) → es hagelte Schläge (auf ihn nieder)

vt sep blows → niederprasseln lassen

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From time to time a shot from a musket or the blade of a rapier flashed among the crowd; projectiles continued to hail down from the windows and some shots were heard, the echo of which, though they were probably fired in the air, made all hearts vibrate.

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