Synonyms of breakwater

breakwater

noun

as in jetty

Related Words

• jetty
• peninsula
• promontory
• cape
• headland
• arm
• ness
• spit
• foreland
• point

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of breakwater

At least 67 migrants died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, the Spanish government said Saturday. — Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

Some migrants died by drowning while others were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, the AP reported. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

The death toll rose to 57 on Friday on the Spanish side of the border, Reuters reported, including some who drowned and others who were crushed while trying to climb the breakwater that holds the border fence. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Dozens died in the chaos Some of the 41 people who died had drowned, Sbihi said, but some were also killed in a stampede to cross the breakwater fence at Tarajal beach, an urban beach near a border checkpoint with Morocco. — Sergio Rodrigo Ruíz, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026