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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulwarked
Verb
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Progress has been made, but it must be protected.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The mansion is protected by a conservation easement with the Missouri Preservation Society, protecting the house and a one-foot radius around it from being torn down.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Maksymowski and Fountain Valley’s Alyssa Ton defended their titles in the 200 and 500 freestyles.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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The people who fought for this country, defended our freedoms, and sacrificed for our communities are being told there is suddenly not enough money for programs that support them.—
Anne Brensley,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
Verb
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But Urban, who is guarded about his personal life, extends that thinking to his work as well.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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There, in the scorching desert, guarded by fences and video surveillance, this fish swims around in a sunken fishbowl made of rock that's been its only natural home for millennia.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Asylum seekers should be protected, families must remain together, and workers should be safeguarded from exploitation.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Our elections must be safeguarded from foreign interference.—
Kevin Fixler
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
Verb
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Central to the thesis underpinning superior earnings growth is the idea that artificial intelligence is a 'secular' trend, and is therefore shielded from the peaks and troughs of the economic cycle.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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Hough draped a sheer black cover-up over her shoulders and shielded her eyes with a pair of oversized brown sunglasses.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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“Bulwarked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulwarked. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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