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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of buttresses
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as in anchors
something or someone to which one looks for support
the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times
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as in pillars
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress
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as in supports
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
a brace buttressed the wall
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as in reinforces
to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case
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“Buttresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttresses. Accessed 1 Apr. 2023.
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