Usually means: Block water flow with barrier.
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▸ verb:  To build a dam on, thus restricting the flow.

Similar:
dam, keep back, concentrate on, keep down, keep apart, take hold, oppilate, interclusion, deobstruct, interclude, more...

Opposite:
release, unleash, unblock, unstop, free

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Similar:
dam, keep back, concentrate on, keep down, keep apart, take hold, oppilate, interclusion, deobstruct, interclude, more...

Opposite:
release, unleash, unblock, unstop, free



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