embattlements

noun

plural of embattlement
as in battlements

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  1. ramparts
  2. fortifications
  3. parapets
  4. forts
  5. fortresses
  6. earthworks
  7. castles
  8. bastions
Noun
  • There’s fighting in the streets, along the ramparts, hot oil poured on men climbing ladders.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • With Silverwing airborne, Ormund joins the fight on the ramparts, where Roddy hangs on for the chance to kill him.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of ramparts
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 fortifications
Noun
  • All along the parapets, Ormund’s child soldiers are vomiting and pissing themselves.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The horizontal orientation of the home’s large terraces (which are enclosed by parapets) recalls two of Wright’s prior residential architecture explorations.
    — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
Definition of parapets
Noun
  • The tour, led by Bruce Racond of Revolutionary Tours, promised to take curious attendees to sites rarely seen above 100th Street, from cascading waterfalls to Revolutionary forts.
    — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Increasing Spanish costs for defense, such as building forts and training militia, led to higher taxes and strained local economies.
    — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
Definition of forts
Noun
  • On one side are those who build fortresses of predictability.
    — Nilton Bernini, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Libraries 'don't want to be fortresses' Neither Jackson, UCLA, nor UC Berkeley responded to requests for comment.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of fortresses
Noun
  • The scientists used cutting-edge airborne laser scanning technology and found hundreds of previously unknown earthworks.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 10 Aug. 2026
  • As reported by Heritage Daily, the new findings—published in the journal Nature—include signs of hundreds of earthworks that had not previously been identified.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of earthworks
Noun
  • Ornamental shields and coats of arms are decorated with castles, crosses, lions, flags, and crowns.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Argentinian prairie is adorned with imaginary houses, castles and theatres as the young girls construct spontaneous, invisible cities, stories and games in which Koberidze’s likewise unseen characters could live.
    — Manahil Tahira, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of castles
Noun
  • Some of the largest arrays are planned for places that have historically been bastions of anti-solar sentiment.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • The property’s infinity pool is one of its defining features, offering sweeping views across the surrounding bastions and historic landscape.
    — Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of bastions
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