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floodgate definition

flood·gate (flud′gāt′)

noun

  1. a gate in a stream or canal, to control the height and flow of the water; sluice
  2. anything like this in controlling a flow or an outburst

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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