massive flood

collocation in English

meaningsofmassiveandflood

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massive
adjective
uk
/ˈmæs.ɪv/us
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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flood
noun
uk
/flʌd/us
/flʌd/
a large amount of water covering an area that is ...
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(Definition ofmassiveandfloodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When themassivefloodoccurred, and people were trapped up trees and on roofs, helicopters were essential to rescue them.
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The evidence shows that, despite early prognostications that amassivefloodwould paralyse the court of criminal appeal, it has not happened.
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Thismassivefloodengulfed everything around and covered everything in sight.
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There was amassivefloodwhen the water first broke through the breccia.
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Amassivefloodin 1913 caused $3 million in damage and took several lives.
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Both heavy rains and a large snowmelt brought an even moremassivefloodin 1936. 8,000 people were displaced in the town of 17,000.
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Sand prairies exist where themassivefloodwaters stopped their movement and deposited large quantities of sand.
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Themassiveflooddestroyed 366 m (39 percent) of the road as well as 14 homes, many with their occupants inside.
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Efforts to revive the salt mining by the government failed, after amassivefloodin the 1970s watered down the saline level in the wells.
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The port was destroyed in 1341 due to amassivefloodthat realigned the coasts.
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This is annoying to the folk who lost their homes and in some cases came near to losing their lives in these massive floods.
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Currently the district is subject to massive floods which are common during monsoon.
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There was only about a week's break between these two massive floods.
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On occasions the river even changed its course after massive floods, sometimes dividing pre-existing settlements in two.
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The river had massive floods during the 1930s 1932-1940, which nearly brought the only major settlement, which shares the same name, to extinction.
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While some believe that these lava dams were stable, lasting up to 20,000 years and forming large reservoirs, others think they failed quickly and catastrophically as massive floods.
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An increase of moisture in monsoon prone areas could be catastrophic as massive floods could follow the large amounts of rain added to preexisting rain from monsoons.
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