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FLOOD CONTROL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("flood control" is a kind of...):
control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)
Domain category:
applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)
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