On the continental shelves, muddy rivers slowly began to flow again, while across the dead ocean beds, the deep trenches and basins were gradually filling with water.
In addition, various fortifications were razed, towers demolished, the city wall destroyed, and the trenches filled in.
The trenches filled ankle-deep with icy water, the levels always rising just a little faster than it could drain away.
Start digging, and your trench will immediately fill in from the sides.
The trench filled in as sediment resettled, the company said.
The complete circumvallation line was destroyed and all trenches filled, to prevent them from being used by future attackers.
But the trench itself filled with water and compounded the problem.
The trench continually filled with chromium-contaminated greenish-yellow water and was pumped by unsuspecting workers onto neighboring streets, until city officials were notified and ordered them to stop.
The trench was filling rapidly.
At the order 'Stand To Arms', the trench filled with grumblers.