fortified

Example Sentences

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“Government officials live on military bases or other sorts of fortified zones in authoritarian regimes.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

At that time, communities were building enclosed settlements and returning to Bronze Age settlement mounds and parts of large fortified sites.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Hegseth said a "powerful weapon" struck a "tactical operations centre that was fortified", without providing further details about the site's location.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Hundreds of protesters in Iraq, which officially declared three days of mourning for Khamenei, also tried to storm the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, where the US embassy is located.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Trenches hastily scratched out in the boggy soil of Flanders had become part of a continuous line of fortified trenches that stretched 475 miles from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman