floodgate

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• April 11. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  floodgate — noun — english

  something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants"

• February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  floodgate — noun — english

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