Dam
Dam noun - A bank of earth constructed to control water.
Pillar
Pillar noun - An upright shaft that supports an overhead structure.
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Synonyms for Pillar
Nearby Word: pillared
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Both words in one sentence
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Pillar of Light: When Heroman one hit kills the MR-1 whilst running off the power generated by an entire hydroelectric dam.
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Megatron in the 2007 Transformers briefly uses one to smash apart his prison chamber in Hoover Dam, and later the rooftop pillar Sam Witwicky is clinging to.
Source: Epic Flail
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Pillar and Dam. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dam/pillar
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