They strengthened the embankments to secure the village against floods.

One option would be to construct seawalls and or rock revetments high enough to prevent shoreward inundation.

My defense to those who examine me is this.

Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

in defence of any person from unlawful violence

She proposed relying on three lines of defense against financial instability.

Are there floods in Germany?

The Nephites were ultimately successful in their defense against the Lamanites.

Two weeks of heavy rain resulted in flooding.

The floods ruined the crops.

Assessment and management of floods

The best defense against bad literature is lots of experience with good literature.

Pump water meant irrigation, a defense against hunger, which we were experiencing by that time.

Classes have been suspended due to floods.

There will be stronger storms and greater flooding.

while he said in his defense, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.

While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

Earthquakes and floods are natural disasters.

Inundations in Antananarivo, Madagascar via MiranaPriscilla on twitter

In the end, internal demand is the only effective defense against external vulnerability.

The floods also washed away crops of potatoes and maize.

If the content in question is true and factual, can truth be a defense against such a prohibition?

Self defence

Defense dialog

Defend Auto

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Tsipras berusaha membangun dua lini pertahanan melawan gelombang penderitaan (supaya mengurangi ketidakpuasan populer).

Every year, the West spends billions of dollars on defense relationships and on fighting terrorism.

Lines of defence

Stop Auto Defense

Flooding has destroyed six thousand hectares of cropland.

More recently, a cabinet level blunder caused Bolivian President Evo Morales to remove Jorge Ledezma from the Defense Ministry, after he showed up to deliver aid to Chilean flood victims wearing a vest with the slogan The sea is Bolivia's. Bolivian Minister of Defense who sported vest with the words The sea is Bolivia's as he offered help to Chile is sacked.

Is disaster management confined to floods and cyclones?

In Defense of Varoufakis

You should learn self defense.

Banks , insurance companies and other financial institutions form the first line of defence against financial crises .

Man fears disasters such as floods and fires.

Paradoxically, drinkable water is the first thing in short supply after a flood.

The climate has changed. I will show you no more flooding, no more fires.

Flooding in Pakistan began during the landfall of Cyclone 03B in June 2007.

Locusts, plague, waste disposal issues, famine and now floods.

At European level too, it is proposed that the CAP should be used to establish flood protection areas through forestry and other agricultural activities as a means of protecting the soil.

On Friday, unions supportive of the Worker's Party called a 'counter rally' to defend Rousseff from what they claim is the beginning of a coup.

In defense of the debate he launched, Sarkozy presents his initiative as a barrier against the threat of multiculturalism and tribalism.