as in cliff
a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice the castle sits atop an escarpment that for hundreds of years made it virtually invulnerable to attack

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Recent Examples of escarpment It was built of a tough wood that only grew along a small escarpment near the village. Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024 Hike back down the Beach Trail from the visitors center through chaparral and sandy bluffs to the shore at Flat Rock, where rain has eroded deep arroyos into the 300-foot sandstone escarpments. Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 The national park promises epic escarpments, striking rock formations, and breathtaking bush walks less than an hour west of Sydney by car. Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024 The rim is a 1,200-foot-tall escarpment that rises dramatically above a broad valley, giving you the perfect perch for spotting the show. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for escarpment
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Noun
  • Hours later, a woman died in a fall from the cliff in a separate incident, sheriff’s officials told news outlets.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025
  • Taken in Madagascar at the end of the dry season, the courageous lemur risks a harrowing jump from a towering cliff to another -- carrying her baby along for the ride.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Climbers also need to allow up to an hour for walking to the crag.
    Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
  • Rebirth unfolds across a formidable, often beautiful landscape of crags, jungle, rivers and ruins, both modern and ancient.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
  • But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The key is credibility; both paths must be real, not just a bluff.
    Ankit Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • The season finale of Sirens picks up at the hospital after Ethan, intoxicated and heartbroken, fell off the bluff on Michaela and Peter’s property.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 24 May 2025

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“Escarpment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escarpment. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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