Hail and Response

Hail

Hail noun - A heavy fall of objects.

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Response and hail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Response" instead a noun "Hail".

Nearby Words: hailed, hailing, hailstorm

Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.

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Hail and response are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hail" instead a noun "Response".

Nearby Words: responsive, responsible, respond

instant	instant hail	instant response
standard	standard hail	standard response
initial	initial hail	initial response
bad	bad hail	bad response
Other adjectives: quick, automatic, immediate.

They try to hail it but get no response, when they try to get in closer, the ship suddenly opens fire on them.

Source: Western Animation / The Intruder II
Worth noting is that when Lord Rust orders Vimes' men to fire arrows over the top of the barricade in response to a fairly minor hail of missiles, Vimes lays him out flat with one punch and tells his men to simply move out of stone-throwing range.

Source: Defiant Stone Throw
During the Greenback Jane arc, after the gangsters chasing the title character make the mistake of firing on the Rip-Off Church, only to get a hail of bullets in response (including from an M60 machine gun), they beat a hasty retreat in their shot-up cars.

Source: Free Wheel

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