Definition of "floodwalls" [floodwalls]

• Plural form of floodwall. (noun)

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• "Just as the veteran engineers predicted, those phoney "floodwalls" collapsed after Katrina had passed, flooding the city."
• "When the engineers of the Sewage & Water Board protested that the "floodwalls" the Corps of "Engineers" (?) wanted to build along the drainage canals (which meant graft for Slimy Sidney) would never hold, Barthelemy got rid of them."
• "The multi-decade project included the construction and enlargement of levees, as well as improving other protections such as floodwalls, including those along the 17th Street Canal."