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flood control definition

☆ flood control

the protection of land from floods, as by soil conservation, reforestation, the construction of dams, reservoirs, river embankments, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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