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Dort
Adverb
  wurde
Auxiliary
  die
Determiner
  Flut
Noun
  von
Adposition
  der
Determiner
 Cascade-Staumauer  zunächst
Adverb
  aufgehalten
Verb
.

There, the flood was initially stopped by the Cascade dam.
Words and sentences
New
dort

there, yonder

New
wurde

first/third-person singular preterite of werden

New
die

New
Flut

  1. flow, flood, high tide (rising movement of the tide; the time around when it reaches its peak)
  2. flood(s), great masses of water, usually of the sea
  3. flooding, flood, overflow of a body of water; usually only when very violent and disastrous

New
von

  1. from
  2. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
  3. by (with passive voice)
  4. about, of (a topic)
  5. on, with (a resource)

New
der

New
zunächst

  1. first, first of all, in the first place, to begin with, initially
  2. for now, for the time being
  3. next, then, secondly (immediately following the first thing)

New
aufgehalten

past participle of aufhalten

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