sea wall

NOUN

wall to hold out sea

Synonyms

WEAK

barrier breakwater dike embankment jetty sea cliff

Example Sentences

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The disastrous two-month closure in 2014 was caused not by a breach of the sea wall in Dawlish, but by a serious landslip down the line near the neighbouring coastal town of Teignmouth.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The storms that tore through Dawlish in 2014 prompted a five-phase project to build a new sea wall in the town, and a large rock shelter just down the line.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Bundy and the mayor led a driving tour of the shattered coastline, stopping at one property where the destruction of a home revealed a sea wall below with a pre-existing sinkhole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

They were among at least a dozen people watching swells from the sea wall.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2024

Standing on the sea wall at Willemstad, sometimes I’d seen their fins in the water.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor