as in levee
a bank of earth constructed to control water
the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge
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Recent Examples of embankment
The car went through a guardrail, hit an electrical line pole, rolled down an embankment and caught fire.
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Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
An agent fires toward the vehicle as the car drives over a center embankment.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Hikers found the woman's body about a month later, down an embankment just off a mountain road.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
Her body was discovered by hikers in an embankment near American Fork Canyon road just days later.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
An agent fires toward the vehicle as the car drives over a center embankment.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Hikers found the woman's body about a month later, down an embankment just off a mountain road.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
Her body was discovered by hikers in an embankment near American Fork Canyon road just days later.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embankment
Noun
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Dollison served on the Internal Improvements Committee and introduced a bill to create a levee district in Clay and Greene counties.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Apr. 2026
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Constructing protective structures such as levees and dikes can help, as can preserving natural landscapes, such as wetlands and estuaries that can act as a natural sponge to absorb floodwaters, in and near the cities, Shao and her colleagues wrote.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Stormwater captured in dams, reservoirs and spreading grounds figured out to be an amazing 185% of average for this time of year, the county reported.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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In 2013, according to the Department of Justice, a hacker affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps infiltrated the control system of a dam in New York State.—
Sue Halpern,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Embankment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embankment. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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