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Meaning of word floodgate from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Something that restrains a flood or outpouring.

Example : Suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants.

Meaning : Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.

Synonyms : head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate

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Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

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A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

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In a productive way.

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Give, sell, or transfer to another.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

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(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

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Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

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The amount a salary is increased.

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An event that results in a transformation.

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Destroy completely.