Thesaurus results for CITADEL

citadel

noun

ˈsi-tə-dᵊl

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 Mariners along the Savannah River often navigate via familiar landmarks, such as the iconic Talmadge Bridge, the brick citadels of Fort Pulaski and Old Fort Jackson, the erector-set-like cranes at the Georgia Ports Authority terminals and, of course, the Tybee Island lighthouse. —

Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 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 Jeremy Blake released a trilogy of animations about San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House, the Victorian citadel built by a gun heiress to keep out the ghosts of those killed with her rifles. —

Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026 Climb the fortress trail to San Giovanni—a crumbling hilltop citadel that once guarded the city from Ottoman sieges—where the vistas stretch like a myth across fjord-like waters. —

Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for citadel

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The two stairwells are set within a 110-foot-wide core made of a concrete that’s stronger than any rock, creating a pressurized, smoke- and blast-resistant fortress.

— Michelle Sinclair Colman, Curbed, 7 May 2026
The eccentric design of Olana was inspired by fortresses in Persia (where, curiously, Church hadn’t travelled), as well as Italian, East Indian, Gothic Revival, and French Second Empire architecture.

— Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026