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fortress

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Synonyms and Antonyms of fortress

a structure or place from which one can resist attack

the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight

Synonyms of fortress

bastion, castle, citadel, fastness, fort, fortification, hold, redoubt, stronghold

Words Related to fortress

battlement, breastwork, bulwark, earthwork, embattlement, parapet, rampart

blockhouse, garrison house

alcazar, casbah (also kasbah)

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