Flooding and Flood Protections
A wall, built of concrete or steel, meant to prevent flooding.
floodwall
Another name for a hurricane.
cyclone
A painful truth, of life or some situation.
harsh reality OR grim reality
To free someone found guilty of a crime and remove their guilt.
pardon
When water suddenly makes it through or over a barrier.
breach
A small, but very fast and destructive column of wind.
tornado
When a process is well past its beginning, or at its climax.
in full swing
To find someone guilty of a crime.
convict
A system which pushes liquid or gas from one place to another.
pump
The rainy season, in some places.
monsoon
Totally new.
groundbreaking
To free someone from accusation or blame.
exonerate
A sudden and dangerous flood.
flash flood
A large, heavy snowstorm.
blizzard
Brave; committed; undaunted.
unflinching
To give a criminal a specific punishment.
sentence
A barrier, built of clay or nonporous soil, along a river meant to prevent flooding.
levee
A large amount of snow or ice, sliding quickly down a mountainside.
avalanche
The first person to explore an unknown territory.
pioneer
To publicly erase one's guilt or blame. (idiomatic)