Dam and Structure

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Dam noun - A bank of earth constructed to control water.

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Structure and dam are semantically related in edifice topic. In some cases you can use "Structure" instead a noun "Dam".

Structure noun - Something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity.

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Dam and structure are semantically related in edifice topic. Sometimes you can use "Dam" instead a noun "Structure".

original	original dam	original structure
single	single dam	single structure
small	small dam	small structure
actual	actual dam	actual structure
Other adjectives: entire, real, enormous, huge, new, titular, local, giant, collapsing.

Fortunately for them, the blast wasn't as big as they expected - Miller wasn't able to make a dam-destroying bomb with the materials he had, so he instead built a bomb that would weaken its structure enough that the millions of tons of water it was holding back could finish the job.

Source: Film / Force 10 from Navarone
The aliens considered her such a threat that they were willing to strafe a dam while the truck carrying her was crossing it, and then send ground troops onto the stricken structure to keep XCOM from rescuing her.

Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Big Dam Plot: Felice destroys the natural structure at Gibraltar that keeps the Atlantic from filling the Mediterranean Sea, thus wiping out the Tanu capital city in a Giant Wall of Watery Doom.

Source: Literature / Saga of the Exiles

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