Thesaurus results for CITADEL

citadel

noun

ˈsi-tə-dᵊl

Definition of citadel

as in fortress

a structure or place from which one can resist attack a massive stone citadel continues to command the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Recent Examples of citadel Paton, 52, was in Peru with his wife to hike the Inca Trail, a popular route that ends at Machu Picchu, a citadel built by the Incas in the 15th century. — Sam Peters, CNN Money, 22 May 2026 In 1928, the original owners took over a hotel that was mere feet across one of the narrow cobblestone streets that make up the citadel and added 48, keeping the neo-Gothic style, including pretty leaded windows. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026 The new vow to speed the globe’s flora and fauna to a second-world citadel represented a remarkable philanthropic expansion of Musk’s overarching Mars missions. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026 Craig Proctor, the childhood friend who played Dungeons & Dragons with him, told me that Friedmann once showed him architectural floor plans for a citadel that Friedmann’s thief-rogue avatar would oversee. — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for citadel

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Noun

Another day trip option is the hilltop town of Erice, where there's a medieval fortress that's over 2,500 years old.

— Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of fortress

Noun

The military has increasingly used airstrikes to counter opposition forces, including the armed People’s Defense Forces in Sagaing region, a stronghold of armed resistance.

— Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
In the Almería suburb of La Cañada, one of Vox’s strongholds, those talking points are producing results.

— Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of stronghold

Noun

The area was incredibly special to Chamberlain, who first came out East to stay with Larry Rivers in Southampton, long before the town was a bastion of Sant Ambroeus and Brandy Melville.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
He was tracked down in the town of Jesús María, a bastion of Los Chapitos on the outskirts of Culiacán, where another of El Chapo’s sons, Ovidio Guzmán López, was arrested after a firefight in 2023.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of bastion

Noun

The historic military fort overlooks the entrance to the Halifax Harbour and boasts old fortifications, historic artifacts, and unbeatable ocean views.

— Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
That is, in part, because Ukraine has built additional lines of defense with fortifications and minefields.

— Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026

Definition of fortification

Noun

The other piece was a close up of the castle against a deep blue sky with a variant of this showing Disney's traditional shooting star firework in an arc above it.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The price that Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, paid for the three-story castle has not yet been disclosed.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of castle

Noun

Which is why on September 17, 2026, Deadline wants to celebrate the lawyers — especially the ones holding down the Hollywood fort.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
By upgrading wastewater systems in the Everglades, repairing boardwalks at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, and restoring historic fort walls at Gulf Islands National Seashore, the LRF is protecting the long-term legacy of our public lands.

— Lulu Vilas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

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