The sump was full of water and the basement started to flood.
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Sump
/sʌmp/
Synonyms for "sump" (108 found)
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In the basement, a sump pump system was installed to collect and remove excess water, preventing floods.
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then, seating himself thus, he replied to him of the east.—'Sounding sump o' rain Saunders Creeshmeloof—saw ye ever a drap o' rain for eight and forty hours after the bonnie sinking sun that sat sae red and sae lang on the summit of Blackwood hills this blessed afternoon? That starry plow o' thine is […]'
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"Me and the lads did it this morn." "It was pouring!" Brody said. "If I was tae stop an activity because of a sump o' rain, I'd never get anythin' done," Finn remarked with a twinkle in his eye.
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