Synonyms for floodgate
ˈflʌdˌgeɪtflood·gate

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1. floodgatenoun

   something that restrains a flood or outpouring

   "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants"

   Synonyms:
   head gate, sluicegate, sluice valve, penstock, water gate

2. sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gatenoun

   regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

   Synonyms:
   sluice, sluice valve, water gate, head gate, sluiceway, sluicegate, penstock

Matched Categories

1. • Regulator
   • Restraint

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1. Angelo Carusone:

   This potential deal is about much more than the future of Twitter, a sale to Elon Musk without any conditions will pollute the entire information ecosystem by opening the floodgate of hate and lies.

2. Carolyn Ruffin:

   It was like if you had opened a floodgate.

3. Bob Menendez:

   With its announcement today, the (International Atomic Energy Agency) confirmed they could not determine the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program -- except to assess that, contrary to its claims, Iran was working at certain points to weaponize its nuclear program, with little known about Iran's true intent, we find ourselves today opening a floodgate of frozen assets to a regime that is bent on opposing our interests.

4. Marquetta Goodwine:

   I think it's excellent that finally they're recognizing that we do exist on this coastline, and that if you are going to talk about so-called minority issues in America, you have to begin with the minority that built America, which are the Gullah Geechee, i hope this is really just going to, literally, going to open a floodgate of all of them paying attention to the fact that we exist and that our votes do matter.

5. Rob Shuter:

   With Steven's knowledge of how to tell a story and Steven Spielberg cinematic understanding of how to tell that story, the language that Steven Spielberg speaks, the tools at Steven Spielberg disposal to capture something like the Invasion of Normandy, it was all brand new, so it was all going to be able to happen in a very fresh, very immediate kind of way, it opened up a floodgate of reminisces and understanding and I think a very, very personal connection to it. I can't tell you how many times I have come across somebody who has told me that their Dad or Grandfather never said a word about what they did from 1941-1945 until they saw' Saving Private Ryan.'.