Definition of "flood-gates" [flood-gates]

• Plural form of flood-gate (alternative spelling of floodgates). (noun)

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• "Opened the flood-gates, hell; they blew up the fracking dam."
• "In some places, residents living in garbage-strewn, stagnant water have sabotaged barricades and flood-gates to release floodwaters from their neighborhoods, only to inundate other areas of the city."
• "And this is where the Princess Diana of it all fits into the electoral equation: The moment she drops out — the instant CNN or Fox cuts to the first pundit for analysis — the flood-gates of sympathy open, the career reassessment shifts into gear, the and the canonization of HRC begins."