floodgate
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| —n | |
| 1. | See also sluicegate head gate, Also called: water gate a gate in a sluice that is used to control the flow of water |
| 2. | (often plural) a control or barrier against an outpouring or flow: to open the floodgates to immigration |
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Floodgate
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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floodgate
gate for shutting out or releasing the flow of water over spillways, in connection with the operation of a dam. Vertical lift, or radial, gates rise to permit flow under the gate but over the spillway crest. Drum gates rotate backward, lowering their tops and permitting a measured flow over the top of the gate. Drum gates present the fewest problems in the passage of ice or drift over the spillway.
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Also called levee or floodgate storm surge: noun: abnormal rise in sea level accompanying a hurricane or other intense storm.
They become trapped in these bodies of waters when the floodgate connections to the estuaries are closed.
Do you get the sense now that there's going to be a floodgate opening, that you two are going to be the next wave of many.
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