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WordNet 3.0
- n. (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods
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“We have a task force looking at ways to rebuild the flood control system when this year's flooding recedes," said Bob Anderson, a spokesman for Maj.”
The Wall Street Journal: After the Flood, Farmers Try to Dig In
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An extract from the "Zold Tolmacs" project, a HU-EN environmental dictionary compiled by Robert Gulyas in 2000.
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