Heavy rain fell on the roof all night.

Meaning: Water in large amounts was falling on the top part of the building throughout the night.

Choice of Words: Heavy means having a great weight. Rain is water that falls from the sky. Fell is the past tense of the verb fall, which means to move downward. Roof is the top part of a building that keeps out the weather.

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The roof was soaked by the relentless rain throughout the night.

Meaning: This means that the roof was very wet because of the rain that kept falling for the entire night.

Choice of Words: Soaked means to be completely wet. Relentless means something that continues without stopping. Throughout means for the entire duration of something. When you put them together, "The roof was soaked by the relentless rain throughout the night" means that the roof was completely wet because of the rain that kept falling without stopping for the entire night.

A torrential downpour drenched the roof unceasingly all night long.

Meaning: This means that there was a very heavy rainfall that made the roof very wet and it kept raining for the entire night.

Choice of Words: Torrential means very heavy rain. Downpour is a heavy fall of rain. Drenched means to make something very wet. Unceasingly means without stopping. All night long means for the entire night. When you put them together, "A torrential downpour drenched the roof unceasingly all night long" means that there was a very heavy rainfall that made the roof very wet and it kept raining without stopping for the entire night.

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