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Flood gate

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a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.

See also: Flood



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Now that the other had gone and he was alone contemplation of the hideous wrong that had been done loosed again the flood gates of his pent rage.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Finally it came, poured from the flood gates of a sorrowing heart; that wave of bitter misery and hopelessness which not even a mother's love could check.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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