BULWARKED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

bulwarked

verb

past tense of bulwark

as in protected

to drive danger or attack away from vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against attack

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Recent Examples of bulwarked 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

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Under this administration, the @CivilRights Division will defend free speech, as protected by the Constitution.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Before construction began, only about 30% of the building was protected by the system.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 July 2026

Definition of protected

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Ireland defended against more than 20 phases of All Blacks attacks around the 70th minute, but its defense broke again to allow a last try to New Zealand center Anton Lienert-Brown in the 79th minute.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
The organization, at best, defended writers, in some circumstances, and only in some jurisdictions, from the right to protection from retaliation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

Definition of defended

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The Northern California amusement parks that exist today include Children’s Wonderland in Vallejo, where children enter through castle doors guarded by crocodiles to clamber on a teapot, pirate ship and pumpkin carriage.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
As many as 200 law enforcement officers guarded Madison Square Garden, costing between $120,000 and $160,000.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026

Definition of guarded

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When the Nazis confiscated the negative and shipped it back to Berlin, Hensel safeguarded it in the Reichsfilmarchiv vaults in Berlin until the Allied victory.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Some of those properties may now be serving as locations where hidden assets are being safeguarded.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Definition of safeguarded

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In this instance, however, the search warrant, shielded from public view when initially filed, was inexplicably unsealed and made public the next day.

— Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Passengers can watch videos on the road, the view digitally shielded from the driver.

— Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026

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