dike in the PONS Dictionary

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He also organised a lottery, which allowed players to win houses in today's city dike.
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The town's dike system was prepared for the river approaching from the south, but the river had spread and swamped the town from the west.
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In the summer of 1925 he had all of the trees cleared so that the area could be constructed into an earthen dike.
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The remains of a modern dike cross the site.
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The result is a vertical body of sediment that cuts through horizontal layers: a dike.
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Now extensive this dike and the area is enjoying a huge face lift.
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For example, when molten rock intrudes into a crack then crystallizes, it is an igneous dike.
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In some places, the dike still rises about two feet above the level of the adjacent marsh.
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A secondary dike was then built, called "inlaagdijk".
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A pit crater also could result from the collapse of lava tubes, dike swarms, or from collapsed magma chambers under loose material.
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