決壊(けっかい)

けっかい
noun, suru-verb
breach; collapse; bursting (of a dam or levee)
1. breach; collapse; bursting; breaking through
The breaking or collapse of a dam, levee, embankment, or similar structure, typically caused by the pressure of water. A term frequently used in disaster reporting.
堤防(ていぼう)が決壊(けっかい)した。
The levee broke.
ダムが決壊(けっかい)する恐(おそ)れがある。
There is a risk that the dam may burst.
大雨(おおあめ)で河川(かせん)の堤防(ていぼう)が決壊(けっかい)し、周辺(しゅうへん)の住宅地(じゅうたくち)が浸水(しんすい)した。
Heavy rain caused the river levee to breach, flooding the surrounding residential area.

USAGE:
決壊(けっかい) is used with する as an intransitive suru-verb. The structure that breaks takes が.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 堤防(ていぼう)が決壊(けっかい)する (a levee breaches)
  • ダムが決壊(けっかい)する (a dam bursts)
  • 決壊(けっかい)の危険性(きけんせい) (risk of breach)
  • 決壊(けっかい)箇所(かしょ) (breach point)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 決壊(けっかい): breach, collapse (specifically water barriers)
  • 崩壊(ほうかい): collapse, disintegration (broader, any structure or system)
  • 氾濫(はんらん): flooding, overflowing (water going over, not through)
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