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causeway

noun as in dike/dyke

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noun as in embankment

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What was once Great Britain is now a quarantined island, cut off from the mainland and protected by an armed causeway that can only be accessed during low tide.

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The tide recedes every day for a few hours, long enough to walk across a narrow strip of causeway to the mainland.

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He's only ever known a feudal life in this 150-strong sanctuary, connected to the quarantined mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway that's only accessible at low tide.

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He's only ever known life on an island connected to the quarantined British mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway.

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They are a slightly lighter colour than the iconic hexagonal black basalt at the point of the causeway.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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