: a fortified place : stronghold
especially
: a large and permanent fortification sometimes including a town
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the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight
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Perched on a mountain, this one-of-a-kind fortress is the most unique destination in the North Georgia Mountains.
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Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
Using the quirk-amplifying gifts of his hostage, a quiet young woman named Anna, Dark Might transforms the city into a giant flying fortress (for reasons not entirely clear), and hundreds of civilians are now trapped inside.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
Warren Buffett is looking quite prescient as global equity markets plunged after it was revealed over the weekend that the investing legend dumped a lot in stock, including half of his Apple stake , and raised an unprecedented cash fortress for Berkshire Hathaway in the second quarter.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
Contractors claimed their prototypes would turn America into an impenetrable fortress.
—Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
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Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
Using the quirk-amplifying gifts of his hostage, a quiet young woman named Anna, Dark Might transforms the city into a giant flying fortress (for reasons not entirely clear), and hundreds of civilians are now trapped inside.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
Warren Buffett is looking quite prescient as global equity markets plunged after it was revealed over the weekend that the investing legend dumped a lot in stock, including half of his Apple stake , and raised an unprecedented cash fortress for Berkshire Hathaway in the second quarter.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
Contractors claimed their prototypes would turn America into an impenetrable fortress.
—Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Fortress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortress. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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fortress
noun
for·tress
ˈfȯr-trəs 
: a fortified place
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