hail cannon
n.— «He also has what’s called a hail cannon, which uses a sonic boom to bombard hailstones so they break up and are less damaging to fruit.» —“Drought creates thirst for hi-tech farming” in Sydney, Australia Earthtimes.org Nov. 2, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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