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prall (adj/adv)  bulging, billowing; full, chubby; well-rounded, firm; big & strong; blazing (sun)

In der Wüste brannte die Sonne prall auf den Sand.
In the desert the sun blazed/beat down onto the sand.

RELATED: der Prall collision, mit etwas prallen to collide with, crash into; beat down on (sun)

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