palisade 1 of 2

as in cliff
a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice the palisades that line the west bank of the Hudson River for about 15 miles

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verb

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The discovery of palisades suggests the settlement was fortified with thousands of spiked planks used as defensive barricades, but archaeologists are unsure why it was needed by villagers. Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023 Peck passed an area racked and rearranged last fall by the Merbok storm, evidence of the disfigurement still evident in the clusters of mangled fish camps and spiky bundles of driftwood poking through the snow cover like palisades or anti-tank obstacles in no-man’s land. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023 As Steven Morris writes for the Guardian, the Mount Pleasant complex originally consisted of a timber-and-stone monument; a henge, or circular enclosure surrounded by a ditch; and a palisade, or fence made out of enormous felled trees. Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2020 The homes, the stilts and the palisade burned and quickly collapsed into the river. Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2019 See All Example Sentences for palisade
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Noun
  • Coming into this season, the Rams needed their two old stars on offense not to fall off the age cliff and thus complement a youthful defense that’s among the NFL’s best.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The South Laguna stretch of beaches, including Treasure Island, is popular for its dramatic high cliffs, rocky outcroppings and remote coves.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sharp HealthCare workers represented by the same coalition of unions will picket from Wednesday through Friday.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Eagles’ 21-17 Sunday loss to the Denver Broncos contained the perplexity that has in the past provoked fans to picket outside the NovaCare Complex’s gates.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Perched on the eastern escarpment of the Great Rift Valley with the Ewaso Narok River to the east and the slopes of Mount Kenya to the south, andBeyond Suyian Lodge offers endless panoramic views and access to a wide variety of landscapes, from savannas to rivers and Vechellia woodlands.
    Rebekah Peppler, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There was wall to wall Major League Baseball games Wednesday, with four playoff contests being held.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
  • His rapturous barks bounce from wall to wall around the granite basin.
    Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The park’s Big Badlands Overlook peers east, where the moon will climb above a sea of striated crag.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The trail also leads to access points for crags with more than 350 individual routes frequented by Denver-area climbers, and up toward mountaintophomes on Conifer Mountain, just outside the park.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Meat that's been smoked, grilled, charcoaled, or preserved with salt may lead to gene mutations and precancerous changes in the stomach.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To its credit, her fan base has been calling her bluff in response.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Back in Jasper, take Highway 74 through Ponca and Compton, past elk herds, peekaboo river views, and dozens of waterfalls and bluff-top overlooks.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Coral reefs are an essential habitat for marine species, vital for food security, contribute trillions to the global economy and buffer coastal areas from storms.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • At the headline-index level, a modest blip, the S & P 500 down half a percent at the worst, though in part the slide is being buffered by uncharacteristic strength in some defensive groups.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Palisade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palisade. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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