Definition of "undam" [un•dam]

• To remove a dam from a river (verb)
• To remove an obstruction (physically or figuratively) (verb)

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• "And yet, Non omnem molitor quae fluit undam videt, the miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill: no doubt, but, as in our days, these were of the commonalty, all the great ones were not so much as called in question for it."
• "The caterpillar had thoughtfully recovered his pack, which lay nearby, apparently undam-aged."
• "But the word was not yet spoken which was to undam the pent-up torrent, and bear down with unrelenting vengeance upon the now exulting columns of the enemy."