Thesaurus results for FORTRESS

fortress

noun

ˈfȯr-trəs

as in stronghold

a structure or place from which one can resist attack the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight

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Recent Examples of fortress France believed its Maginot Line of fortresses was impregnable – until the Germans simply went around it. —

New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026 Collins, a 9/11 truther and QAnon convert who sports a black MAGA hat and custom dental fangs, moved to rural Shawmut, Montana, in 2016 to build a bug-out — an off-grid fortress suitable for waiting out a plague or world war — and raise horses with his wife, Starla. —

Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026 Erksan was good with locations and makes fine use of the landscape here, which is appropriately dominated by the ruins of a fortress. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026 The shop, which spans more than 48,000 square feet, is near the Baths of Diocletian and overlooks the ancient Aurelian fortress walls. —

Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fortress

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Smith prevailed in the primary again in 2022 and easily won a second term in this Republican stronghold, where Democrats haven’t put up a serious general election fight in recent years.

— USA Today, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
In response, Israel has ordered some 300,000 residents of Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut to flee, taking out building after building.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026