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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support; fortified place |
| Synonyms: | breastwork, bulwark, citadel, defense, fortification, fortress, mainstay, parapet, prop, protection, rock, stronghold, support, tower of strength |
| Antonyms: | weak spot, weakness |
| Main Entry: | citadel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, tower |
| Synonyms: | bastion, blockhouse, castle, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, keep, manor, redoubt, stronghold |
| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons |
| Antonyms: | desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | fortification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reinforced position |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, block, blockhouse, breastwork, buffer, bulwark, castle, citadel, consolidation, defense, earthwork, embattlement, entrenchment, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, keep, outpost, parapet, preparation, presidio, protection, reinforcement, stockade, strengthening, stronghold, support, wall |
| Main Entry: | parapet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulwark |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, defense, embankment, fortification, partition, protection, protective wall, rampart, safeguard |
| Main Entry: | rampart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortification, stronghold |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, bastion, breastwork, bulwark, defense, earthwork, elevation, embankment, fence, fort, guard, hill, mound, parapet, protection, ridge, security, support, vallation, wall |
| Main Entry: | stronghold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge |
| Synonyms: | bastion, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, keep, presidio, redoubt |
| Main Entry: | battlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parapet |
| Synonyms: | balustrade, bastion, embattlement, escarpment, fortification, rampart, tower |
| Main Entry: | military post |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | station for the military |
| Synonyms: | bastion, bunker, command post, fort, fortress, garrison, post, stronghold, troop station |
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