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bulwark

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bulwark

to drive danger or attack away from

vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against attack

Synonyms of bulwark

cover, defend, fence, fend, forfend, guard, keep, protect, safeguard, screen, secure, shield, ward

Words Related to bulwark

oppose, resist, withstand

battle, contend, fight, war

conserve, preserve, save

buffer, palisade, picket, wall

Phrases Synonymous with bulwark

stand up for

Near Antonyms of bulwark

beset, besiege, overrun

capitulate, cave, submit, yield

Antonyms of bulwark

assail, assault, attack

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