At the start of the Second World War floodgates would be installed at the ends of the under-Thames sections of the Bakerloo and Northern lines to save them from inundation should bombs damage the riverbed.
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Floodgate
/ˈflʌdˌɡeɪt/
Synonyms for "floodgate" (55 found)
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5 entriesdam gatedata floodgateemotional floodgatequestion floodgatesluice gate
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6 entriesclose floodgatefloodgate failurefloodgate mechanismfloodgate operationfloodgate valveopen floodgate
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“The floodgates for advertising on cable are down,” says Michael Dann, a leading consultant on cable television.
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Out of her gored wound the cruell ſteel / He lightly ſnatcht, and did the floodgate ſtop / VVith his faire garment: then gan ſoftly feel her feeble pulſe, to proue if any drop / Of liuing blood yet in her veynes did hop
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The accuſation conſiſting of thoſe three articles, was moſt true: your doctrine was ſcādalous, it offred much offence, being generally diſtaſted; and was erroneous, being detected to be the floodgate of Traitors ſtaiers, looſing in ſome ſuppoſititious doctrines, and many blaſphemous arrogating much to man, derogating much from God.
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