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damming

VERB

hold back; block

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clog

STRONG

bar barricade brake check choke close confine hinder impede obstruct repress restrain restrict retard slow suppress

WEAK

hold in stop up

Antonyms

STRONG

advance aid allow assist encourage facilitate forward free help let go liberate open permit promote push release support

WEAK

unblock unclog unloose

Example Sentences

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Andrew Law, a sociologist at Newcastle University in the U.K., has used lidar mapping to digitally preserve structures along China’s Yangtze River that were threatened or wiped out by extensive damming.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025

Habitat destruction, damming, and pollution have decimated local populations, such that many species are in dire need of help.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

Respected non-partisan polling organisation Afrobarometer released a damming report earlier this year.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2024

The last major on-stream reservoir project in the state was New Melones Lake, which came online in 1978 with the damming of the Stanislaus River.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

The impact would have knocked down every structure in the city and collapsed the underground waterways, damming the Uzumark that flows under our feet, and flooding the whole valley.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor