as in fortresses
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 citadels
One of the oldest citadels in the Middle East, Jerash has seen an unbroken chain of human occupation since the Bronze Age.
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Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
The story is a bit murkier than Manichaean talk of stormers and citadels.
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Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Intelsat’s leadership rapidly green-lighted the campaign to set up internet citadels.
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Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Archaeologists have identified citadels and temple sites all along Vietnam's coast and throughout the mountains of Laos and Cambodia.
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Michelle Jana Chan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Feb. 2023
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
The story is a bit murkier than Manichaean talk of stormers and citadels.
—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Intelsat’s leadership rapidly green-lighted the campaign to set up internet citadels.
—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Archaeologists have identified citadels and temple sites all along Vietnam's coast and throughout the mountains of Laos and Cambodia.
—
Michelle Jana Chan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for citadels
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Some, like France's Maginot Line, became border fortresses stretching for miles, while German coastal defenses sat on the cliffs of Normandy, requiring the Allies to take out with sea bombardments and direct infantry assaults.
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The trailers show that Eternia was once a vibrant alien-like world with multi-colored forests, massive mountains and fortresses with towering faces carved into their entrances.
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More than 140 polling stations were closed on voting day in the country’s two most-populous regions, Amhara and Oromo — both opposition strongholds — over safety concerns sparked by armed groups fighting the government.
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As a result, Democrats make inroads even on longtime local Republican strongholds.
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These organizations claim to be bastions of journalism, Defenders of Democracy, and heroes in the fight for truth in government.
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Bored Lord and AceMo, longtime bastions of their respective coastal scenes, offer up two rumbling club heaters.
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By the Second World War, pillboxes had become standard defense fortifications.
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Cannons and fortifications are also on the grounds.
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
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Nolan and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, wielding heavy IMAX cameras, shot their picture across the Mediterranean and beyond, in caves, castles, beaches, black-sand wastes, and open water.
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But everyday people expressed their political outrage time and again, throwing rocks at and demolishing the houses of government officials, torching the king’s ships and forts and, eventually, marching to battle.
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
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“Citadels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citadels. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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