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Synonyms for dam
dæmdam
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Princeton's WordNet
dam, dike, dykenoun
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkmnoun
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
damverb
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
dam, dam upverb
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
"dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"
Synonyms:
dam up
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damnoun
Synonyms:
mother (of a beast), female parent
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#17337 | checkpoint | |
#19461 | weir | |
#19733 | dyke | |
#26805 | blockade | |
#30695 | levee | |
#34340 | barrage | |
#36817 | embankment | |
#39562 | dike | |
#43279 | barricade | |
#52375 | breakwater | |
#56633 | daffy | |
#56693 | roadblock | |
#84329 | dwa | |
#102430 | presa | |
#119490 | damming | |
#192072 | dkm |
How to use dam in a sentence?
We shouldn’t look at the size of the particular body of water, dam or power distribution facility, this is as a good example of how critical infrastructure is vulnerable to various actors.
Doors have opened, new subpoenas have been issued and the dam has begun to break.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani:
Salma Dam is another big step in deepening and broadening the relationship between Afghanistan and India.
Environment Secretary Germano Vieira:
The breach of the embankment is going to happen, what we don't know is whether that breach will affect the dam.
Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the world. Venice is sinking. Great books and pictures were lost in the Florence floods. In the meantime we still enjoy butterflies.
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