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flood wall
noun
- Civil Engineering. a wall built along a shore or bank to prevent floods by giving a raised, uniform freeboard and by allowing unimpeded flow to water in a channel.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flood wall1
First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences
The smaller “Flood Wall Street” eschewed the big-tent approach and focused on radical politics and aggressive activism.
From The Daily Beast
The same sensational rumors of a great rise to come flood Wall and State streets as in 1901.
From Project Gutenberg
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