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floodgate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate |
| Type of | regulator |
floodgate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | restraint |
suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants.
Examples of floodgate
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The Supreme Court ruling could open the floodgate on even more campaign cash.
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When she changed her mind, it marked the opening of a floodgate of memories.
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To his horror, a floodgate opened resulting in a very embarrassing accident.
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Listing one such organisation, and deciding it's okay to do so, opens the floodgate.
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I loved it, but it in no way opened a floodgate of offers to do more drama.
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Hutchison's resignation prediction could open a floodgate politically.
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Construction last month on the Seabrook floodgate complex in New Orleans.
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By now, everyone in the Valley knows or knows of Mike Maples, a co-founder of FLOODGATE.
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In the debate, Tsai asked if Ma would allow a floodgate of Chinese imports into Taiwan.
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- Something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants"
- Sluicegate: regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
- Floodgates are adjustable gates used to control water flow in reservoir, river, stream, or levee systems. ...
- Floodgate is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1983. It is a rare example of inter-novel continuity in MacLean's writing, as one of the characters in his previous novel Puppet on a Chain makes a re-appearance.
- (Floodgates) It was feared by Cardozo, C.J. that to grant damages for economic loss (supra) would open the floodgates to "liability in an indeterminate amount for an indeterminate time, to an indeterminate class". See Ultramares Corp. v. Touche, Niven & Co., 255 N.Y. 170 at p. 174 (N.Y. C.A. ...
- (Floodgates) Chris Osgood. Given during his season of catastrophe.
- (Floodgates) Solid gates in a dam that can be opened to release flood waters downstream.
- A gate installed in a culvert or bridge waterway to prevent the ingress of floodwater or tidewater to the area drained by the structure
- Compuerta; compuerta de esclusa
