Control
Control verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).
Dam
Dam verb - To prevent passage through by filling with something.
How words are described
| full | full control | full dam |
| original | original control | original dam |
| actual | actual control | actual dam |
| real | real control | real dam |
| Other adjectives: new, mental, temporary, local. | ||
Common collocations
| flow | control flow | dam flow |
Both words in one sentence
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Battlefield Bad Company 2 includes a multiplayer map involving control of a village beneath a dam.
Source: Big Dam Plot -
He goes to confront the beavers, but instead finds the villainous lumberjack Blacque Jacques Shellacque building an illegal rock dam in order to control the water supply and profit off the scarcity.
Source: Western Animation / Wet Hare -
The end of the game involves a huge battle for control of the dam.
Source: Big Dam Plot
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