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"FLOODGATE"
Keywords:
waterway
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floodwall
,
sluice
,
levee
,
tidal
regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
wordnet.princeton.edu
Opening in a floodwall or levee to allow the passage of vehicles, boats or the normal tidal flow of waterways. Floodgates are closed to prevent flooding of protected houses and land during times of unusually high water.
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Regulating device for the water that flows through a waterway or past an obstruction.
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Keywords:
outpouring
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surveillance
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restrains
,
immigrants
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suspension
something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants"
wordnet.princeton.edu
Keywords:
christian
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band
,
rock
,
name
Floodgate is also the name of a Christian rock band.)
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