: a wall or embankment to protect the shore from erosion or to act as a breakwater
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Residents have questioned whether repairing seawalls would remove the neighborhood's floodplain designation, which is set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
The resulting structure, unlike a smooth seawall, is replete with nooks, crannies, and convolutions.
—Saqib Rahim, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
An estate of some 3,400 square meters (36,600 square feet) spreads from the property’s private dock along a 200-meter protective seawall frontage and up into a dark green bucolic glade of trees.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As for the seawalls, little could stop them at this point.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
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Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
The resulting structure, unlike a smooth seawall, is replete with nooks, crannies, and convolutions.
—Saqib Rahim, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
An estate of some 3,400 square meters (36,600 square feet) spreads from the property’s private dock along a 200-meter protective seawall frontage and up into a dark green bucolic glade of trees.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As for the seawalls, little could stop them at this point.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seawall. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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seawall
noun
sea·wall
ˈsē-ˌwȯl 
: a wall or bank to prevent sea waves from wearing away the shore
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