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fort
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a structure or place from which one can resist attack a series of forts along the frontier Synonyms bastion, castle, citadel, fastness, fortification, fortress, hold, redoubt, stronghold Related Words battlement, breastwork, bulwark, earthwork, embattlement, parapet, rampart; bunker, dugout; blockhouse, garrison house; alcazar, casbah (also kasbah)
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