Converse of object

• localize: Localized downpours early on the 19th August saw a few areas very wet indeed, with some flooding reported.

• bring: The rains typically start in July and October brings the heaviest downpours with frequent flooding in the capital.

• follow: The deep channel could fill suddenly following a flash downpour.

• see: Everybody else saw the huge downpour of rain arriving around the same time.

• have: On Saturday we had a torrential downpour of rain, the like of which few of us can remember.

• become: The rain became a downpour, soaking the dense forest where the fire had jumped from treetop to treetop.

Converse of subject

• cause: Eighty thousand properties are at risk in towns and cities from flooding caused by heavy downpours that overwhelm urban sewers and drains.

• follow: The day had held mixed weather with bright, warm sunshine being followed by very heavy downpours of rain.

• drench: Steve Jones sent a fierce drive sliding across the slippery surface drenched by a downpour which keeper Lee Butler saved.

Adjective modifier

• torrential: On Saturday we had a torrential downpour of rain, the like of which few of us can remember.

• heavy: The crash happened during a heavy downpour at around ten past five last night.

• sudden: Royalist attempts to mine the walls are rendered useless by a sudden downpour.

• tropical: Watching the sun setting through a tropical downpour from my balcony was worth the expense.

• steady: It begins to rain - a steady heavy downpour, the first of many we are to meet during our stay.

• intense: The layout had some big jumps and heavily rutted sections courtesy of rain on Friday and intense downpours Sunday morning.

Noun used with modifier

• summer: The satisfying crackle of power lines is sufficient to warm the heart of any pylon enthusiast during a summer downpour.

• afternoon: Even a mid afternoon downpour did not deter the crowds in Weavers Field estimated to be in excess of 20,000.

• winter: Heavy winter downpours will become more frequent - although the amount of snow could decline by 60 % - 90 % by the 2080s.

Possessives

• yesterday: The long grasses were still soaked from yesterday's downpour.

Preposition: of

• rain: On Saturday we had a torrential downpour of rain, the like of which few of us can remember.