: a wall or embankment to protect the shore from erosion or to act as a breakwater
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The event is scheduled to take place at the home of health insurance company co-founder John Word and his wife, Kimberly, whose home appeared to be decorated with red, white and blue bunting across the seawall and along doors and windows on the property.
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
The fifth phase of that work is now underway, installing more seawalls, concrete-and-steel pilings and drainage structures on the face of the cliffs.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
From revamping stormwater systems to deal with salt water incursion, to repairing bridges and roadways washed out from unusually heavy rain storms, to building new seawalls to protect from stronger hurricanes, municipalities across the country are looking at massive financial outlays.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
The water rushed over the seawalls and swept toward the plant.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
The fifth phase of that work is now underway, installing more seawalls, concrete-and-steel pilings and drainage structures on the face of the cliffs.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
From revamping stormwater systems to deal with salt water incursion, to repairing bridges and roadways washed out from unusually heavy rain storms, to building new seawalls to protect from stronger hurricanes, municipalities across the country are looking at massive financial outlays.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
The water rushed over the seawalls and swept toward the plant.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
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seawall
noun
sea·wall
ˈsē-ˌwȯl 
: a wall or bank to prevent sea waves from wearing away the shore
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