as in rampart
a low wall at the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge
The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet.
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Recent Examples of parapet
After arriving, fire crews reported that parts of the facade and some of the parapet separated from the parking garage, sending bricks crashing to the sidewalk and street below, Nolan said.
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Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
Second, the extent of the controversies has often been exaggerated: a handful of Trump supporters have stuck their heads above the parapet, the media have sniffed drama and written up stories about friction, and nothing has ultimately changed.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
No hands or attributes at all, or perhaps a sober parapet, would be more consistent with the simplicity of dress and serious expression that are this particular portrait’s visible features.
—E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
The horizontal orientation of the home’s large terraces (which are enclosed by parapets) recalls two of Wright’s prior residential architecture explorations.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025
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Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
Second, the extent of the controversies has often been exaggerated: a handful of Trump supporters have stuck their heads above the parapet, the media have sniffed drama and written up stories about friction, and nothing has ultimately changed.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
No hands or attributes at all, or perhaps a sober parapet, would be more consistent with the simplicity of dress and serious expression that are this particular portrait’s visible features.
—E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
The horizontal orientation of the home’s large terraces (which are enclosed by parapets) recalls two of Wright’s prior residential architecture explorations.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parapet
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Viral footage of an interaction between the couple surfaced on Friday night, when Clark approach McCaffery in the ramparts of Gainbridge Field House.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
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The Little Red Book turned into a shiny Mastercard and the stone ramparts of the Great Wall into stacks of money.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
16 July 2025
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In addition to fortifications and evidence of large aggregated settlements, many skeletal remains from this period show signs of violence. Friends or foes?—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 Aug. 2025
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The bastion, the fortifications, the views all shape the mood for diners.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) was filmed at the Palácio, as well as in the neighboring town of Cascais, about 45 minutes by train from Lisbon and popular for its beaches and 15th-century citadel.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
29 July 2025
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These Starships, and other independent new rockets waiting in the wings, Worden says, are the key to building up the first Martian citadels, and to the emergence of a twin-planet civilization.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Parapet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parapet. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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