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
The country’s largest coastal fortification was completed in 1857 to defend the state and was active in five major wars.
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Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
And now our- General Caine, Secretary Hegseth, are leading a campaign to destroy all the fortifications along the straits of Hormuz.
—NBC news, 22 Mar. 2026
Over the past few years, researchers have mapped the city's fortification walls, street grids and city blocks, thanks to drone imagery and high-resolution geophysical scans.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the deadly strike was caused by an Iranian weapon that made it through both air defenses and the operations center's fortifications.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
And now our- General Caine, Secretary Hegseth, are leading a campaign to destroy all the fortifications along the straits of Hormuz.
—NBC news, 22 Mar. 2026
Over the past few years, researchers have mapped the city's fortification walls, street grids and city blocks, thanks to drone imagery and high-resolution geophysical scans.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the deadly strike was caused by an Iranian weapon that made it through both air defenses and the operations center's fortifications.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortification
Noun
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Murad Bakhsh, who served as Aurangzeb’s ally in his campaign against Dara Shikoh, was arrested and confined in the fortress of Gwalior.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Visit clothing boutiques like Muses Corfu for something locally made, take a tour through the fortress, and stop in at Coconela for an artisanal coffee.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Apr. 2026
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He was killed in southern Lebanon, a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah, as Israel expands an invasion there.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Journalists heard several explosions from the direction of the Hezbollah stronghold, which Israel has repeatedly struck since war began.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Craig Proctor, the childhood friend who played Dungeons & Dragons with him, told me that Friedmann once showed him architectural floor plans for a citadel that Friedmann’s thief-rogue avatar would oversee.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jeremy Blake released a trilogy of animations about San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House, the Victorian citadel built by a gun heiress to keep out the ghosts of those killed with her rifles.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Military engineers resorted to building lower, thicker ramparts, backed by earth, and sought to eliminate blind spots by building angular bastions — the aforementioned extrusions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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Malls in the Gulf have been a bastion of normalcy amid the instability, although footfall is substantially down on usual levels.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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And the staff are available up to nine hours a day to lead on-property animal rescue adventures and oversee sand-castle building on the two private beaches.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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Two dozen disciples who have gathered in this large white space within a 19th-century Scottish castle ruminate with total concentration.—
Séamas O'Reilly,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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The resulting star forts (so called because of their multiple fortified extrusions) solved a technological crisis.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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The fort stood high above the river, where fearsome artillery was able to turn back the Union gunboats that had pounded low-lying Fort Henry into submission.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Fortification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortification. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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