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Tower of Babel

Tow·er of Ba·bel [ tòw ər əv báyb'l, tòw ər əv bább'l ]


noun 
Definition:
 
high tower in biblical references: in the Bible, a tower that people started to build too tall, causing God to show his anger by making them speak different languages, which led to the collapse of the project and ultimately to the scattering of people across the world

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