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Rainmaker

Description:

A rainmaker refers to both a person and a device associated with the ability to bring rain. In a figurative sense, it can also describe someone who has great influence or the power to make things happen.

Examples:

Noun:

1. In some cultures, rainmakers perform rituals to bring rain to their drought-affected lands.

2. The rainmaker device, also known as a rain stick, creates a sound resembling falling rain when it is turned around.

Verb:

1. The farmers hoped the rain would rainmaker their parched fields.

2. With her incredible negotiation skills, Karen rainmakered the merger to success.

Adjective:

1. The small village had a rainmaker festival each year to celebrate the arrival of the rainy season.

2. The rainmaker ceremony was believed to possess powerful and magical properties.

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