dam failure

noun

The situation where water breaks through a dam that is supposed to hold it back.

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damburst
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Meanings

noundam failure (countable and uncountable, plural dam failures)

plural dam failures

  1. countableuncountableThe situation where water breaks through a dam that is supposed to hold it back.

    Synonyms: damburst

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe situation where water breaks through a dam that is supposed to hold it back.

Similar
damburst
Also see
damburst

Translations

Arabic فَشَل السَّدّ
  • فَشَل السَّدّ (fašal as-sadd)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 潰壩 /溃坝
  • 潰壩 /溃坝 (kuìbà)Translations
Dutch damdoorbraak
  • damdoorbraakTranslations
Finnish padon murtuminen
  • padon murtuminenTranslations
French rupture de barrage
  • rupture de barrageTranslations
German Dammbruch
  • DammbruchTranslations
Russian проры́в плоти́ны
  • проры́в плоти́ны (prorýv plotíny)Translations
Vietnamese vỡ đập, vỡ đê
  • vỡ đậpTranslations
  • vỡ đêTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

dam failure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dam%20failure

MLA

“dam failure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dam%20failure. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dam failure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dam%20failure.

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