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dammed

verb , past tense of dam

Synonyms and Antonyms of dammed

1 to prevent passage through by filling with something

ice floes were damming the river

Synonyms of dammed

blocked, choked, clogged, clotted, congested, gummed (up), jammed, obstructed, occluded, plugged (up), stopped (up), stuffed

Words Related to dammed

bunged, corked, spiled, stoppered, stoppled

filled, gridlocked, packed

flooded, glutted, inundated, overwhelmed, swamped

Near Antonyms of dammed

excavated, hollowed (out), scooped (out)

emptied, lightened

Antonyms of dammed

cleared, freed, opened (up), unblocked, unclogged, unplugged, unstopped

2 to close up so that no empty spaces remain

dam up the pipes

Synonyms of dammed

blocked, bunged, filled, packed, plugged, stopped, stuffed

Words Related to dammed

choked, clogged, closed (off), clotted, congested, jammed, obstructed, occluded

caulked (or calked), chinked, sealed

repacked, restuffed

Near Antonyms of dammed

excavated, hollowed (out), scooped (out), shoveled (or shovelled)

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