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Forts

A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

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noun
  1. 1

    A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

  2. 2

    Any permanent army post.

  3. 3

    An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.

verb
  1. 1

    To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

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fortressnounA fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
fortifyverb(transitive) To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
garrisonnounA permanent military post.
fort upverb(transitive, informal) To fortify (a place); to convert into a fort.
bunkersnoun(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
fortificationsnounThe act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
highlightsnounSummary of an event, such as a sporting event, focussing on the most entertaining or consequential aspects; compilation of each highlight of that event
immunizationsnoun(US, uncountable) The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.
strengthsnounThe quality or degree of being strong.
strongholdsnounA place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
redoubtsnounA place of safety or refuge.
citadelsnounA strong fortress that sits high above a city.
garrisonsnounA permanent military post.
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fortressesnounA fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
palisadesnounA line of steep cliffs along the western bank of the Hudson River in New Jersey.
rampartsnounA defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
battlementsnounIn fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
bulwarksnouna fence-like structure around a deck
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