seawall

noun

Definition of seawallnext
as in breakwater

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Recent Examples of seawall The official explained that the damage stems from an old seawall that allows soil underneath the pavers to escape into the river, creating holes and cavities. — Ted Scouten, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 The reefs were made of metal grids and coated in calcium carbonate, and were then fixed to the underwater seawall at Marina Palamós. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 Seven-year-old Hailey Karch wandered around the seawall at Black Point Marina Wednesday morning where more than a dozen spiny lobster were splayed out on the cleaning table. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 The video appears to show a man wearing a T-shirt and shorts approaching a sea lion resting on a seawall and kicking the animal while another person can be heard laughing in the background. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for seawall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
  1. breakwater
  2. jetty
  3. embankment
  4. levee
  5. dam
  6. dike
Noun
  • He was pulled from the lake’s cold water near the Government Pier breakwater in the main channel of Waukegan Harbor by rescue divers.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Fueled by misinformation, poverty and lack of opportunities, more than 70,000 would-be migrants from Morocco and beyond swam or climbed over a breakwater last month to try to reach Ceuta, a Spanish exclave on the North African coast.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of breakwater
Noun
  • Soon, the property will have its own jetty, so door-to-door service will be available.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • On July 22, Liz swam around a jetty in the water in front of the property until noon, per surveillance videos released by her family.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of jetty
Noun
  • Video shows teams of workers yanking ropes to ferry locals who were stranded on an embankment flanked by a flooded river.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Rogers was allegedly evasive when asked how his truck had gone off the road and down an embankment and started to walk away from the trooper toward a nearby picnic table with a crossbow and several arrows on it, state police said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of embankment
Noun
  • After Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, the failure of New Orleans’ federal levee system inundated about 80% of the city in floodwaters.
    — JACK BROOK, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The landfill, a former marsh that is separated from San Francisco Bay by an earthen levee, first became an garbage dump in 1938.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of levee
Noun
  • China Energy Investment Corp shared the update on Monday, calling it another step forward in building the world’s tallest dam and a major hydropower plant on the Dadu River.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Early settlers of the Valley constructed the Salt River's first dams and laid the groundwork for the area's future.
    — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of dam
Noun
  • Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The company says the W-01 responds to risks from tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, marine submersion and dike or dam failures.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026
Definition of dike

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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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