bank overflowed
Frequency: 4.22.1 per million words
When the water level in a river rises above its banks.
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- After days of heavy rain, the river bank finally overflowed.
- We watched as the river bank began overflowing, flooding the nearby fields.
- The bank has overflowed three times this year due to the unusual weather.
- If the storm continues, there's a high risk the bank will overflow by morning.
- During the great flood, the main river bank was overflowing for nearly a week.
- Engineers are building barriers to prevent the bank from overflowing again.
- The town was flooded when the weakened bank suddenly overflowed.
- Meltwater from the mountains caused the canal bank to overflow.
- The small creek's bank overflowed, turning the backyard into a muddy pond.
- Authorities issued a warning because the bank had overflowed and the water was still rising.