I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a devastating flood/fire/earthquake etc
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The country is still recovering from last year's devastating floods.
a flood of immigrants (= a very large number of immigrants that arrive at the same time )
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He suggested the country would experience a flood of immigrants.
a flood of invitations (= a lot of invitations )
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He got a flood of invitations to appear on TV and radio shows.
a flood tide (= the flow of the sea towards the land )
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The wind drove the yacht inland on the flood tide.
a flood/earthquake/cyclone etc victim
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Earthquake victims were living in tents in the city's parks.
a flood/gale/tornado warning
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A flood warning has been issued for the River Wye in Herefordshire.
a flood/stream of inquiries
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The special offer has produced a flood of inquiries from interested customers.
a river floods
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There are fears that the river could flood.
a wave/flood/surge/rush of emotion (= a sudden very strong emotion )
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A great surge of emotion swept through her when she learnt that he was safe.
be in floods of tears British English (= be crying a lot )
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By the time she left, she was in floods of tears.
famine/flood relief
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We donated $1,000 to the American Red Cross for flood relief.
fire/storm/flood etc damage (= caused by fire, storm, flood etc )
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The campsite suffered extensive flood damage.
flood plain
flood tide
light streams/floods in (= a large amount of light comes in )
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Light streamed in through the window.
memories come flooding back (= you suddenly remember things clearly )
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Evelyn hugged her daughter, as memories came flooding back to her.
relief floods through sb literary
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When she heard he was still alive, relief flooded through her.
stem the tide/flow/flood of sth
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The measures are meant to stem the tide of illegal immigration.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
area
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During the rainy periods they survive under water in the flooded areas for several months and will withstand a permanently submersed environment.
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This mucus floods the area at the base of the tongue and the entrance to the gullet, adhering to the walls.
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Global warming will cause the seas to rise, engulfing islands and flooding coastal areas .
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Nellist has fought an aggressive campaign on his Parliamentary record and flooded the area with leaflets - 20,000 distributed yesterday alone.
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He flooded the area with state police to protect the scabs.
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Hence sustainable agriculture could replace unsustainable agriculture, reducing the impact of erosion and flooding on downstream agricultural areas .
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Included has been everything from presiding over ceremonial events in Washington to making tours of flooded areas in the Midwest.
call
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Our switchboard was flooded with calls and thousands bombarded our appeal hotline to pledge donations.
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But weight-loss doctors say their offices have been flooded with calls from worried patients.
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I was flooded with calls just from those few advertisements.
cheek
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A tide of red flooded her cheeks .
city
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Hundreds flooded the city centre last week for the raising of the outlawed Morning Star flag.
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Drawings and letters from children around the world flooded to Oklahoma City after the bombing, inspiring and thanking the tireless workers.
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One day, the rains came, flooding the city in warm, wet torrents.
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Then millions of refugees flooding the city .
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Look how many others flood into the city even as I write.
colour
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Abracadabra! Colour flooded back into her life, like magic.
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Merrill blinked, wishing that the hot colour hadn't flooded her face.
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Roman watched the delicate colour flood her face, his dark gaze unreadable.
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Even with his lips on her, colour flooded Jenna's face.
country
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During this period, it is estimated that half a million people were slaughtered in the communal violence that flooded the country .
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The church was most alarmed by groups flooding into the country after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Weapons have flooded into the country since the 1860s when the Royal Navy delivered arms to the Druze.
face
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A solvent is flooded on to the prepared face .
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Merrill blinked, wishing that the hot colour hadn't flooded her face .
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Then she realised, and felt heat flood her face .
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Roman watched the delicate colour flood her face , his dark gaze unreadable.
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Even with his lips on her, colour flooded Jenna's face .
field
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I remember that I liked ice skating on the flooded baseball field in winter.
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With warm weather coming, the residents are concerned about potential mosquito problems with the flooded , open field .
home
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The irrigation waters made possible by flooding their own homes might eventually help the people in their new.
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Heavy rains on wildfire-stripped hillsides caused mudslides and flooding of homes in San Bernardino on Tuesday.
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In Northwood, the golf course flooded , and rural homes along the Goose River were in trouble.
house
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In his opinion it might burst, flooding the house at any moment.
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Half a dozen neighbors came to check on us early Tuesday, when overland flooding surrounded our house .
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They include: Seal off all exits, flood house with a foot of water every hour.
land
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The Earth, a giant moon to the Moon, was flooding the land below with its radiance.
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This means that the sea in which the Bright Angel was deposited flooded the land in the east at a later date.
light
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Her hand closed on it, and light flooded the room.
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Robert could see the brilliant light flooding the Bloomsbury street outside.
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The light flooded down from five roundels high up on the far long side, as though in a cathedral clerestory.
market
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They believe moves to tighten the gun laws even further could result in even more firearms flooding the black market .
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Later, scores of such books would flood the market .
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As it is, Mr Botero has been whining that too many of his real works are flooding the market .
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The result: a flooded unskilled labor market .
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Farmers complain about no-one buying their wine and cheap imports flooding the markets .
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Already coffee ice creams are flooding the market .
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Too low-and they will complain that we are flooding their market with underpriced goods.
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Is the restaurant flooding the market with lots of cost-saving coupons?
memory
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Back in the driving seat for the first time in 40 years the memories came flooding back.
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Sometimes they echo time-honoured memories of widespread flooding in the region following the end of the last ice age.
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His smile widened as many fond memories came flooding back.
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It is a good few years since most of them were serving, and the memories will soon be flooding back.
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Edward closed his eyes tightly as memories came flooding back.
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The memory of that morning flooded in, making her cringe inside.
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As she stood there holding it the memories came flooding back - and not all of them pleasant.
rain
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One day, the rains came, flooding the city in warm, wet torrents.
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They are among hundreds of northeastern North Dakota farmers with crops damaged by the worst rain and rural flooding in living memory.
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Two months ago rains flooded the Incomati river and laid waste to part of the southern end of the town.
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Heavy rains flooded the dirt streets of Gaza.
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After recent rains many stretches are flooded , and its level in the gorge is already reaching danger point again.
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All over the county, residents are saying they've never seen this much rain and flooding .
refugee
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Then millions of refugees flooding the city.
river
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That wild sky and those immaculate rivers come flooding , literally, across the border.
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Some mudslides were reported throughout the region, blocking part of a river and causing some flooding .
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All he was attempting to do was to prevent the river from flooding these ungrateful people's houses.
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When the Meuse river flooded in 1995, the factory ground to a halt.
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The Severn is only one of the rivers that have flooded .
room
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An enormous sense of peace flooded the room , or perhaps it was generated in Miranda herself.
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Light flooded the room and Cassie blinked.
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Heart racing, she felt for the dangling cord and flooded the room with light just as the door closed quietly.
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The pale April sunshine flooded the room , but it was different from usual.
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Her hand closed on it, and light flooded the room .
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Rourke unlocked an oak-panelled door, flicking on a switch as he entered, flooding the room with light.
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Light came flooding into the room , startling her, making her open her eyes again.
street
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The styles now flooding the High Street are all dramatically long, with hemlines hovering around the ankle.
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Here in Scituate, the storm caused minor damage, flooding streets and knocking down power lines.
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Blocked storm drains flood the streets .
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Later, as he drove, the night cooled, sagging low with bright stars that flooded every street and yard.
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The door flew upwards and the light from the lock-up garage flooded the street , exposing Norman's secret to the world.
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But in the same breath, they threatened to flood the streets of Belgrade if he betrays them.
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Robert could see the brilliant light flooding the Bloomsbury street outside.
tear
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When, later, he heard Larry's voice on Lee's telephone the tears seemed to flood his throat.
tide
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A tide of red flooded her cheeks.
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Their pitiless tide floods virtually every scene.
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It is a pretty boring place, except tides ebb and flood there, as do the seasons.
water
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Like water flooding over your head.
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During the rainy periods they survive under water in the flooded areas for several months and will withstand a permanently submersed environment.
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Pour in plenty of water to flood it and then replace the soil when the water has soaked in.
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In Gilby, water has been flooding the town since the early hours.
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Rising water starts to flood his cabin.
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Two homeowners fight with sandbags and pumps through the day, preventing more water from flooding their basements.
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On the far side of the pond the shanties started, the lowest-lying cluster surrounded by water , flooded .
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One night the water in the gullies flooded over into the chalets.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
before the Flood
flash flood/fire
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A couple of years ago these lanes were far from peaceful when a flash flood swept through the area.
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He believes Ruess probably died in a flash flood or fell off a cliff.
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In the event of a flash flood, remember that you should immediately seek higher ground.
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Like the desert after a flash flood, Freshers' Fair is decorated by societies which bloom for just a day.
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Summer flash floods achieve little beyond destroying crops.
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The report warns of extreme events such as thunderstorms causing flash floods and intense meteorological depressions.
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Urgent talks after flash flood causes chaos.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After two days of continuous rain, the village was flooded.
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Donations flooded the newspaper and the school.
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Farmers flood the fields in order to grow rice.
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In the rainy season the river can rise rapidly to flood the valley in a few hours.
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Loneliness flooded her as she watched J.D. walk away.
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Melting snow floods the valleys each spring.
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The fire department showed up and flooded the hall with their hoses.
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The small room was flooded with light.
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The whole town flooded last summer.
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Three major rivers have already flooded, and two more are on red alert.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And as she remembered her own vivid imaginings a blush crept up her throat to flood her cheeks with hot colour.
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Dust floated in the beams of light that flooded through the fanlight over the front door.
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If ozone deterioration persisted, they warned, solar ultraviolet radiation would flood Earth.
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That wild sky and those immaculate rivers come flooding, literally, across the border.
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They believe moves to tighten the gun laws even further could result in even more firearms flooding the black market.
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To flood the air with carbon dioxide, the biospherians hauled back the tons of dried grass clippings they had removed earlier.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
flash
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Read in studio Flash floods caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to houses after last night's storms.
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In the event of a flash flood , remember that you should immediately seek higher ground.
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A couple of years ago these lanes were far from peaceful when a flash flood swept through the area.
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He believes Ruess probably died in a flash flood or fell off a cliff.
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Like the desert after a flash flood , Freshers' Fair is decorated by societies which bloom for just a day.
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Summer flash floods achieve little beyond destroying crops.
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Urgent talks after flash flood causes chaos.
great
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To stop bad things before they become great floods that sweep away all living things.
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Protestant humanism was the source from which the great flood of the Reformation flowed between the fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries.
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A great flood of anger washed through Ellwood.
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In 1929 the Somerset drainage commission went out of existence at the height of a great flood .
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So great a flood ... has been estimated to have run for 2 weeks.
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A great flood in 1786 washed this away and it was followed by a bridge of 13 arches.
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Then everything is swept away in the great flood .
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It arrived in a great flood , a shock-wave of water that could be felt and heard.
ill
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The worst floods in 22 years have left 758 dead and 200 missing in the state of West Bengal.
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Last Winter they suffered the worst floods for fifty years, with some homes being hit three times.
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For three weeks the country laboured under the worst floods in living memory.
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This year's floods have already reached the levels of 1938-the worst floods in the past 100 years.
recent
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In addition, even this measure could not guarantee that recent flood levels would not be exceeded.
■ NOUN
control
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The problem is that flood control is the responsibility of the National Rivers Authority.
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To the chagrin of authorities, flood control is not their only use.
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Living in camps, they carried out conservation work, planting new forests and helping with flood control projects.
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We have a flood control system that is severely damaged.
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The only conceivable justification for a dam on the Yellowstone was flood control .
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Angelenos continue to argue over flood control , levees and recreational use of the channel.
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The city left the natural wash intact, and the area now serves as both flood control and urban wildlife habitat.
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The major area of cooperation is infrastructure, mainly pollution and flood control .
damage
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The assistance comes from the Bellwin scheme which can be activated for emergency relief after exceptional storm or flood damage .
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Dickson -- with no garage and no basement -- reported no flood damage .
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I hope they will still claim that rain belongs to them when people put in insurance claims for flood damage .
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Schafer said late Monday he hoped damage assessments for public and private flood damage from other counties would be collected by Friday.
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She feared the bounds of her mind would burst and she would be swamped, her sanity irretrievable in the flood damage .
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Homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage .
defence
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It is calling for a radical overhaul of coastal protection and flood defence planning.
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The problem is occurring because of low river flows and breaches of the flood defence affecting many miles of riverbank.
defences
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The report included a detailed review of London's flood defences .
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Residents were warned to prepare flood defences .
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Engineers looking at flood defences and modelling catchments, sewer systems and watercourses, have to take many factors into consideration.
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There is also talk of investing in flood defences and preventing building development on flood plains.
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But ecological obligations have led to a change in the type of flood defences proposed.
insurance
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They didn't have flood insurance this time around.
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He said a number of California cities-including San Franciscowill soon be eligible for flood insurance for the first time.
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With no flood insurance , they wonder whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency will help them with recovery money.
plain
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Her dammed-up intelligence overflowed like a flood plain .
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The little town crowns a low plateau just out of reach of the flood plain of the nearby Deerfield River.
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The already over-stretched funds can not deal with serious infrastructure solutions to facilitate the development of flood plains .
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On the one hand, some Mars probes have transmitted pictures of what appear to be dried Martian rivers and flood plains .
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There is also talk of investing in flood defences and preventing building development on flood plains .
relief
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Most important, although hitherto unmentioned, are the possible effects of flooding or otherwise downstream of the flood relief area.
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It raised just over £2,000 for flood relief .
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Contributing to an educational foundation or flood relief wins bonus points.
victim
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The International Red Cross has appealed for $ 3.8m to assist 200,000 of the most vulnerable flood victims .
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Emerado's crews also had a shelter ready for flood victims and helped the local Red Cross fulfill its mission.
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A team of 45 doctors and nurses were flown into the region by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to treat flood victims .
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Tell that to the flood victims of 1884.
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A presidential declaration would trigger federal aid dollars for flood victims .
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Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad invited comments and questions from flood victims .
warning
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Flooding disrupted rail services in three areas of Devon and Cornwall where flood warnings were issued on 33 rivers.
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Police in Essex and Kent issued flood warnings for yesterday afternoon's high tide and further problems were expected later.
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For most of the day there were flood warning notices but no road closed signs.
water
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Estimates put it at 40,000 million gallons of flood water .
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Now when there is excess flood water it is held between them and let out slowly later.
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The unprecedented downpour deluged the nearby Spiceball Park Leisure centre.The building was evacuated, as flood water filled the basement.
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He is a good swimmer - quite good enough, and quite mature enough in that way, to respect flood water .
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Watch out for flood water next week.
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Two feet of flood water swamped the Chapmans house at Westbury on Severn after a day of torrential rain.
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Other forms of natural mortality of small mammals occur when burrowing rodents may be trapped in their burrows by flood water .
waters
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In February 1997, the dam's gates reportedly came close to failure under the pressure of fast-rising flood waters .
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The flood waters were controlled by a succession of carefully engineered sluice-gates and locks.
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Cushendall police requested further assistance in the Glengariff area at 1345 where more livestock had become cut off by the flood waters .
■ VERB
bring
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Public sympathy following Mr Adams death has brought a flood of cards and almost twelve thousand pounds in donations for his family.
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The most dire forecasts say rising mercury on Earth could bring about both devastating floods and droughts.
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Low clearing bank base rates are bringing a flood of new offers intended to appeal to the country's 19 million savers.
build
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There is also talk of investing in flood defences and preventing building development on flood plains.
cause
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The report warns of extreme events such as thunderstorms causing flash floods and intense meteorological depressions.
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The Environment Agency warns that even modest rainfall could cause more floods because the ground is so waterlogged.
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In general, however, there is little evidence to support the idea that many of the occasional desert rainfalls cause catastrophic floods .
cope
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Some providers have tried to cope with this flood by sharply limiting the number of newsgroups they carry.
devastate
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The most dire forecasts say rising mercury on Earth could bring about both devastating floods and droughts.
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Woolsey served on the Petaluma City Council when the flood project was authorized after the devastating floods of 1982-83.
stem
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The General Manager is inside it, in a wetsuit, trying to stem the flood .
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Church had effectively stemmed the flood of artists.
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Then she dropped her face into her hands, unable to stem the flood of tears a second longer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A flood of refugees poured over the bridge to escape the fighting.
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Helicopters continued to search for others who had climbed trees to escape from the flood waters.
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Last winter, the town suffered the worst floods for fifty years.
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The company has employed a number of new staff to cope with the flood of visitors to the site.
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The town was completely destroyed by floods.
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the wide flood plains of the River Nile
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There has been an extensive programme of restorations in Venice since the 1966 flood .
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Yosemite National Park is restricting access to the Park in order to cope with the flood damage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even an occasional flood would not hurt, he said, because water could be released.
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It could provide data for other endeavors and possibly influence government codes regulating flood control.
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Snapping out of his brief trance, Mungo supposed Stanley was relieved that at least the shop had survived the flood .
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The same would be true if Clinton responds by scaring women about a flood of pro-life Dole-appointed judges.
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They remember vividly how floods once killed hundreds of thousands, and buried villages and temples.
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What is generating this uncontrollable flood ?