flood of water

collocation in English

meaningsoffloodandwater

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flood
noun
uk
/flʌd/us
/flʌd/
a large amount of water covering an area that is ...
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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition offloodandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Baratta said the three towns had been devastated by thefloodofwater.
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They showed that floods of water broke through dams, carved deep valleys, eroded grooves into bedrock, and traveled thousands of kilometers.
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That overwhelming disaster is one that cannot be saved just by controlling thefloodofwater.
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Behind the darn which requires to be raised and raised and raised, a heavy, overwhelming, overpowering greatfloodofwateris rising.
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Then afloodofwatercomes rushing down from the canyon and from above the tram.
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Fierce storms in 1935 washed out the mill dams and sent afloodofwaterthrough the valley, destroying many bridges.
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Afloodofwateris very effective in moving soil as well as working the ore deposits when combined with other methods such as fire-setting.
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Afloodofwaterfills the area and the storm continues to get worse.
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Noah was 600 years old when thefloodofwatercame upon the earth.
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Baratta said the three towns had been devastated by thefloodofwater.
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Otherwise, we might have floods of water, and nothing to heat it with, or plenty of electricity, and no water to heat.
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Beyond prevention, reconstruction and compensation we must see that the floods of water mask the reality of a demographic flood.
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Space craft cameras showed that floods of water broke through dams, carved deep valleys, eroded grooves into bedrock, and traveled thousands of kilometers.
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Orbiting cameras showed that floods of water broke through dams, carved deep valleys, eroded grooves into bedrock, and traveled thousands of kilometers.
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They showed that floods of water broke through dams, carved deep valleys, eroded grooves into bedrock, and travelled thousands of kilometers.
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They showed that floods of water carved deep valleys, eroded grooves into bedrock, and traveled thousands of kilometers.
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Images showed that floods of water broke through dams, carved deep valleys, eroded grooves into bedrock, and traveled thousands of kilometers.
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They showed that floods of water broke through dams, carved deep valleys, eroded grooves into bedrock, and traveled thousands of kilometers.
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This word means place where you can find a lake with hazardous floods of water.
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One generally accepted view for the formation of large outflow channels is that they were formed by catastrophic floods of water released from giant groundwater reservoirs.
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