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verb

Definition of bulwarknext
as in to protect
to drive danger or attack away from vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against attack

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bulwark

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noun

1
as in rampart

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2
as in support

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3
as in embankment

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Recent Examples of bulwark
Verb
The Lost Cause was fortified by presidential power and bulwarked for a century by Jim Crow. — Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026 Providing one of the emotional high points at Locarno’s Spanish Previews, the production has been bulwarked recently by a pre-sale to national pubcaster RTVE and an ICAA Spanish film agency grant. — John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
Chip smuggling or diversion could eliminate the bottleneck, which many experts say is a critical national security bulwark. — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 18 June 2026 And some creators, like Yeezy, see their right to print guns as an essential bulwark against the darkest excesses of America’s current government. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bulwark
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulwark
  1. protect
  2. rampart
  3. support
  4. embankment
  5. defend
  6. bastion
  7. framework
  8. safeguard
Verb
  • Across more than 400,000 acres, water, fire, peat and time continue to shape an intact wetland, reminding us that conservation is about protecting the natural systems that sustain life itself.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • Name the conflict plainly, offer realistic timing, and protect the commitment that matters most today.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2026
Definition of protect
Noun
  • The record there shows us a circle of 15-foot-high limestone walls with towers and ramparts on a verdant coastal plain, not a desert city of earth and clay.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Gaspare Fossati, the architect best known for restoring Hagia Sophia, renovated the building in the 1840s, while the remains of 13th-century Genoese ramparts still form part of the restaurant walls downstairs.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026
Definition of rampart
Noun
  • Around the same time, the city rescinded support for the Interstate 77 South toll lane project.
    — DJ Simmons July 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
  • The problem arrives when the tools become the practice rather than a support for it.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of support
Noun
  • Prosecutors said the road curved, and Garcia drove off the road down an embankment and hit a tree going 101 mph.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • The crash is the second time someone has plunged their vehicle over the same embankment and died.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of embankment
Verb
  • The admission was astonishing after his defense team had spent years diligently defending him against the charges.
    — Emily Smith, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • In a year where the quality of his car has made any thought of defending his title seem distant, this was a race where Norris looked every bit a world champion.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of defend
Noun
  • With Sir John Hall as chairman, this bastion of stale mediocrity was now forward-thinking and ambitious.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Some of the largest arrays are planned for places that have historically been bastions of anti-solar sentiment.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of bastion
Noun
  • The vagueness of the framework’s language could leave room for dispute, however, according to Johnson.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • The framework — contra the MOU — requires the dismantlement of Hezbollah’s military infrastructure.
    — Ron Kampeas, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
Definition of framework
Verb
  • For decades, banks have earned customer trust by safeguarding financial assets.
    — Monica Hovsepian, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • At the same time, several other projects will improve environmental forecasts and safeguard infrastructure.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
Definition of safeguard

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