floodgates

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🇦🇲 Armenian:ջրարգելակների դարպասներ, floodgates

🇷🇺 Russian:шлюзы, floodgates: ворота плотины

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The decision opened the floodgates to further complaints.

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sluice gatesbarriers

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closureblockage

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