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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
Parts of those medieval fortifications can still be seen today in the museum’s lower levels.
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Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Historians believe the castle featured living quarters and fortifications, plus courtyards, kitchens, houses and workshops.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Others opt to stay local, exploring Civitavecchia’s waterfront, markets and old fortifications without the long journey inland.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
During the Civil War, fortifications at Camp Reynolds on the island’s southwest side were constructed to protect San Francisco against Confederate attack.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Intrepid visitors can explore the remnants of 5,000-year-old temples tucked away on clifftops (such as the Wardija Punic temple in Dwerja), sip fresh water from centuries-old springs, and walk the walls of 16th-century fortifications.
—AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
The deal allowed the Nazis to bypass an extensive network of fortifications, essentially rendering Czechoslovakia defenseless.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Moscow has mastered this attritional form of fighting, using a combination of small assault squads, first-person view drones, artillery, and glide bombs to wear down Ukrainian fortifications slowly.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Historians believe the castle featured living quarters and fortifications, plus courtyards, kitchens, houses and workshops.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Others opt to stay local, exploring Civitavecchia’s waterfront, markets and old fortifications without the long journey inland.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
During the Civil War, fortifications at Camp Reynolds on the island’s southwest side were constructed to protect San Francisco against Confederate attack.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Intrepid visitors can explore the remnants of 5,000-year-old temples tucked away on clifftops (such as the Wardija Punic temple in Dwerja), sip fresh water from centuries-old springs, and walk the walls of 16th-century fortifications.
—AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
The deal allowed the Nazis to bypass an extensive network of fortifications, essentially rendering Czechoslovakia defenseless.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Moscow has mastered this attritional form of fighting, using a combination of small assault squads, first-person view drones, artillery, and glide bombs to wear down Ukrainian fortifications slowly.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortifications
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Sleek architecture marries centuries-old fortresses—while locals swap skis for kayaks, depending on the season.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Inextricably tied to the D-Day invasion of World War II, this northern French region of orchards, dairies, horse farms and seaside villages along the English Channel draws visitors who come to honor the fallen or visit famous medieval fortresses and abbeys.—
Seth Sherwood,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Democrats see wins in battle for suburbia While some Democratic strongholds buttressed by working class voters have grown redder, the suburbs north of Indianapolis appear to be trending in the opposite direction.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
23 Oct. 2025
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And the housing shortage has spread beyond coastal cities normally dominated by Democrats to rural areas in Republican strongholds.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Tuttle suffered 10 rejections in a row, including hard passes from indie bastions like Sundance and SXSW.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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Sports, one of the last bastions of bipartisan broadcast TV viewing, is apt to keep the network-station binary from completely dissolving.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
20 Sep. 2025
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During the second half of the nineteenth century, politics and military service often made a large nation feel like a small world, as white men in power repeatedly crossed paths in Washington, DC, on Civil War battlefields, and at frontier forts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Centuries ago in the Siwalik Mountains, a range in the outer Himalayas, ancient people built stone forts.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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The story is a bit murkier than Manichaean talk of stormers and citadels.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Intelsat’s leadership rapidly green-lighted the campaign to set up internet citadels.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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As the series progressed, Carter went on to construct a highly believable world of Roy, with a sequence of meticulously outfitted penthouses, lofts, vacation homes, and castles, as well as private jets, yachts, a corporate boardroom, and a TV newsroom.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
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And don’t forget to take in the surrounding Carpathian Mountain landscape with its misty dense forest and nearby castles and medieval towns that are equally worthy of a visit.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Fortifications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortifications. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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