dam burst

Examples (10)

• The dam burst and the entire valley was flooded.
• Emergency services were scrambled after the main dam burst without warning.
• Engineers warned that due to the heavy rains, the dam could burst at any moment.
• If that old dam bursts, the resulting flood would endanger thousands of lives.
• After years of pent-up anger, the emotional dam burst, and he shouted his frustrations.
• The town's residents were evacuated as a precaution in case the dam burst.
• A huge crack appeared, and moments later, the dam burst with a terrifying roar.
• When the evidence was revealed, the dam of secrets burst, exposing the entire conspiracy.
• Historical accounts detail the devastation that occurred when the St. Francis Dam burst in 1928.
• We can only imagine the chaos that would ensue should a hydroelectric dam burst upstream.