Thesaurus results for FORTIFICATIONS

fortifications

noun

plural of fortification

as in fortresses

a structure or place from which one can resist attack defenders at the border fortifications preparing for an attack

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Recent Examples of fortifications Built as a Crusader castle around the 12th century on top of previous fortifications, it has also been used by Saladin’s Jerusalem army, Mamluks, Ottomans, the French and the Palestine Liberation Organization. —

Arkansas Online, 31 May 2026 French doors open to balconies with views across Chania toward the sea, and the citrus- and olive-filled garden is bound, in part, by the city’s ancient Venetian fortifications. —

Katie Silcox, Vogue, 28 May 2026 Cahir Castle Dating from the 13th century, Cahir Castle is one of Ireland’s largest and best-preserved fortifications. —

Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026 The Russian recruitment efforts have typically promised that university students can serve as drone pilots without risking their lives in bloody infantry assaults on Ukrainian trenches and fortifications. —

Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 Covering the sarcophagus Yellow daffodils bloom beside wartime fortifications at the Chernobyl plant as workers in ordinary clothes, with badges and special permits, pass through the restricted zone. —

Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026 The fortifications on the southern and western sides stretch 1,312 feet long, predating the 1st-century legionary camp for which Vindonissa is famous. —

Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026 Yellow daffodils bloom beside wartime fortifications at the Chernobyl plant as workers in ordinary clothes, with badges and special permits, pass through the restricted zone. —

ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 The area that would be renamed Donnyland under the plan is 50 miles long and 40 miles wide, but holds Ukraine’s best fortifications. —

Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2026

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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.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
And by the turn of the twenty-first century, most of those tiny bungalows had been replaced by sprawling estates—fortresses for the entertainment elite, where Oscar trophies adorned mantels and wealth guarded from disaster.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026