Synonyms for levees
lev·ees

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1. List of paraphrases for "levees":

   dams, dikes, dykes, embankments

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1. Ryan Seidemann:

   They float. They tend to go wherever the water goes. We’ve recovered them from yards, from levees, from underneath stairwells, there’s no rhyme or reason, really, to where they come to rest, and then it’s kind of our logistical problem to figure out how to get them out of there.

2. Mike Parson:

   The rising floodwaters are affecting more Missouri communities and farms, closing more roads and threatening levees, water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure.

3. Angele Givens:

   They have done a lot of work on the levees and the canals, i think our odds against floods are significantly improved.

4. Mauricio Paredes:

   Theres a lot of flooding again in some cities that had flooded before, but this time it has been more severe and faster because the levees that protect the cities had been damaged by Eta.

5. Mike Zerbonia:

   The water is up on sandbags or within six inches of overtopping levees so any commercial traffic going through that closed area could potentially cause damage to those levees.