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seawall

noun

Definition of seawallnext
as in breakwater

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Recent Examples of seawall Julio was planning a trip back to Havana soon, so the surviving brothers could spread their sister’s ashes over the Malecón, the 5-mile famous seawall that lines the Capital. — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026 The Long Beach Fire Department issued evacuation orders for about 20 coastal homes after powerful waves compromised the seawall and damaged the boardwalk on Monday. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 As part of the agreement, more than $3 million will be transferred to the city for long-term beach cleaning and maintenance, seawall repair, and upgrades to West Martello Tower. — Victoria Davies, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026 The policy will also allow homeowners to file permits to install a new temporary or permanent dock, boat lift or seawall. — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seawall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
  1. breakwater
  2. jetty
  3. embankment
  4. levee
  5. dam
  6. dike
Noun
  • NGOs reported that more than 140 people died in the attempt to cross into the territory, including some who drowned or were trampled in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Lifeguards from the department swam to the breakwater, rescued Dubray and brought her aboard a fire boat.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of breakwater
Noun
  • Low tide exposed the concrete and rock infrastructure — known as groins and jetties — used to shore up the beach a half-century ago.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The area historically has been hardest hit by high surf when powerful waves pass between the Alamitos Bay jetty and the breakwater which together act as a barrier between the ocean and the community.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of jetty
Noun
  • Her car sat upside down on an embankment, roughly a quarter-mile from the crash site, with all its windows shattered, the father said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
  • How levees work Levees are earthen embankments positioned parallel to a river that effectively raise the height of the banks of the river to prevent overflow when the river swells.
    — Kaleigh Yost, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of embankment
Noun
  • Farther down, the levee that restrains the rivers is a low line of trees into the horizon.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Made to resemble the town’s levee (which held during the Flood of 1993), a full pie is loaded with 18 fresh apples and weighs a whopping 10 pounds.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of levee
Noun
  • Critics have also focused on the role of international institutions like the World Bank, which has long supported some of these hydropower projects and their associated dams.
    — Mamita Bhandari, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Separately, police said another woman was found dead on Sunday in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, her body wrapped in a duvet and dumped near a dam.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of dam
Noun
  • Chinese Nationalist forces breached the river’s dikes near Huayuankou to slow advancing Japanese troops.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of dike

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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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