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dam

2 verb
     
dam2 past tense and past participle dammed, present participle damming [transitive] also dam up
1TEC to stop the water in a river or stream from flowing by building a special wall across it
2 to stop something from being expressed or continuing:
Once she allowed her anger to show, it could not be dammed up again.
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