as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
defenders at the border fortifications preparing for an attack
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Recent Examples of fortification
Poland also took measures to protect its 144-mile border with Russia and 250 miles with Belarus and began building fortifications known as the East Shield in November.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Indeed, there are a variety of low-cost measures such as mines and fortifications that would help to make the conquest of Ukraine more difficult, and Ukraine’s own defense industrial base is well positioned to produce many of these domestically with Western support.
—Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
The fortifications and trench lines here are a part of nearly 600-mile-long defensive system holding Russia back from the heartland of Ukraine.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
His ideas found broader application solving logistical problems during the Napoleonic Era — for instance, identifying the most efficient way to build fortifications, in order to minimize the costs of transporting materials across Europe.
—Siobhan Roberts, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Indeed, there are a variety of low-cost measures such as mines and fortifications that would help to make the conquest of Ukraine more difficult, and Ukraine’s own defense industrial base is well positioned to produce many of these domestically with Western support.
—Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
The fortifications and trench lines here are a part of nearly 600-mile-long defensive system holding Russia back from the heartland of Ukraine.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
His ideas found broader application solving logistical problems during the Napoleonic Era — for instance, identifying the most efficient way to build fortifications, in order to minimize the costs of transporting materials across Europe.
—Siobhan Roberts, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortification
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On clear days, that very body of water, and the white mountains beyond it, are part of the panoramic view from the terrace of Boone’s house, a sharp-angled, industrial-gray luxury fortress with towering windows atop a cliff 30 minutes south of Salt Lake City.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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India have spent the last three weeks in Dubai and made the venue into a fortress.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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They are armed with automatic weapons – largely smuggled from the United States – and move unhindered through the narrow, winding alleys of their neighborhood strongholds in Port-au-Prince, which national and multinational police forces are often unable to navigate in their bulky armored vehicles.—
Linnea Fehrm,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Mar. 2025
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Around the fortress city of Pokrovsk, a key Ukrainian stronghold in eastern Ukraine, Russian assaults are down 80 percent compared to their recent peak in mid-January, according to Ukrainian analysis group DeepState.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Its objective was not to retreat from the citadels of governance but to place them under siege.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Dominated by the enormous Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, and a citadel, which sits along the 2.5-mile-long Avenue of the Dead, the site awed even the Aztecs, who wondered what vanished civilization could have created such a monumental city.—
John Newton,
AFAR Media,
24 Jan. 2025
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When every day brings some new, head-spinning event on the world stage, when polarization seems to define our national discourse, now is a good time to stop and give thanks for the bastion of solace in the heart of New York City — Central Park.—
Betsy Smith,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Associated Press journalists saw a handful of tanks move Sunday into Jenin, long a bastion of armed struggle against Israel.—
Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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In this sprawling Scottish castle, Real Housewives and Drag Race queens can unveil their most glamorous looks, while those who compete on shows like Survivor and Big Brother get to show a whole new side of themselves (i.e., a side that gets to shower and look in a mirror every day).—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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For the show, the duo built an office space embedded with silicone paintings full of chivalric symbols: the mirror, the castle, the knight, the enchanted woods.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles is building toward the postseason and is trying to hold down the fort until James can return to the lineup.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Co-leader Chris Difford has apparently taken ill, although the less Squeeze-attentive parts of the audience may not have noticed, since primary lead singer Glenn Tilbrook is holding down the fort quite effectively.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Fortification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortification. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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