"flood" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Officials said earlier that the floods, which have closed Dhaka's airport, threatened the lives of 10 million people.
- In 1643 a flood threatened the city.
- In 1997 a flood threatened to wash the bridge out.
- It has two large openings for shipping, which can be closed when floods threaten.
- The next year, another great flood threatened the bridge, but the bridge escaped major damage.
- They have raised fears that a flood of foreigners threatens the political and economic security of the United States.
- There, when a flood threatens the crops, the community turns up to salvage them.
- Where floods threaten human habitation, the blockage may be artificially cleared.
- The weather soon turns nasty, and floods threaten to destroy Edmond's farm.
- Now the flood threatened to carry away the treasures along with the junk.
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