overtopped
overtop
- Examples
They hoped of course the dikes would be overtopped. | Por supuesto esperaban que los diques fueran sobrepasados. |
At least one levee was overtopped southwest of New Orleans,leaving some homes under 12 feet (3.6 metres) of water. | Al menos un dique se rebalsó al sudoeste de Nueva Orleans,dejando a algunas casas bajo 3,6 metros de agua. |
The waves rose mountains high, as if they would have overtopped the mast; but the ship dived like a swan between them, and then rose again on their lofty, foaming crests. | El buque se balanceaba en el mar enfurecido, las olas se alzaban como enormes montañas negras que amenazaban estrellarse contra los mástiles; pero el barco seguía flotando como un cisne, hundiéndose en los abismos y levantándose hacia el cielo alternativamente, juguete de las aguas enfurecidas. |
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