cloudbusting
Forcing weather changes
Cloudbusting is an attempt to produce rain by seeding clouds or other manipulation of atmospheric conditions.
The term gained wider recognition through Kate Bush's 1985 song about Wilhelm Reich, who claimed his "cloudbuster" device could influence weather.
Outside meteorology, cloudbusting suggests any ambitious effort to control the uncontrollable: Their marketing strategy felt like cloudbusting—hopeful but improbable.
Atmospheric water deposit
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
- cumulusDense, billowing cloud type
nimbus · atmospheric · moisture · condensation · irrigation · agriculture · artificial · modification
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
melancholy · hopefulness · bittersweet · father · son · loss · separation · reunion
Specific calendar year
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- lyricsWritten words for music
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
single · album · hit · chart · record · producer · experimental · EMI
precipitation
Atmospheric water deposit
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
cumulus · nimbus · atmospheric · moisture · condensation · irrigation · agriculture · artificial · modification · dispersal
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
catharsis · melancholy · hopefulness · bittersweet · father · son · loss · separation · reunion · reaching
1985
Specific calendar year
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- lyricsWritten words for music
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
British · single · album · hit · chart · record · producer · experimental · EMI · vocals
accumulator
Device storing incremental charge
- radionicsFraudulent electronic health practice
- bioenergyPower from organic sources
- ethericOf the heavens
apparatus · pipes · tubes · water · grounding · atmospheric · pseudoscience · therapy · holistic · alternative
cloudbustingmeteorology
Study of atmospheric phenomena
atmospheric science · climate science · evidence-based practice · weather forecasting · cloud seeding
cloudbustingrepression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
despair · resignation · hopelessness · giving up · crushing defeat
cloud, bust, clouds, cloudy, cloudiness, clouded, clouding, cloudless, busts