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bulwark

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defend
verb. protect
  • avert
  • battle
  • beat off
  • bulwark
  • care for
  • cherish
  • conserve
  • contend
  • cover
  • entrench
  • espouse
  • fend off
  • fight
  • fight for
  • fortify
  • foster
  • garrison
  • guard
  • guard against
  • hedge
  • hold
  • hold at bay
  • house
  • insure
  • keep safe
  • look after
  • maintain
  • mine
  • nourish
  • oppose
  • panoply
  • preserve
  • prevent
  • provide sanctuary
  • repel danger
  • resist
  • retain
  • safeguard
  • save
  • screen
  • secure
  • shelter
  • shield
  • stave off
  • sustain
  • take in
  • uphold
  • war
  • ward off
  • watch
  • watch over
  • withstand

defense
noun. armament; protection system
  • aegis
  • armor
  • arms
  • barricade
  • bastille
  • bastion
  • bulwark
  • buttress
  • citadel
  • cover
  • deterrence
  • dike
  • embankment
  • fastness
  • fence
  • fort
  • fortification
  • fortress
  • garrison
  • guard
  • immunity
  • munitions
  • palisade
  • parapet
  • position
  • protection
  • rampart
  • redoubt
  • resistance
  • safeguard
  • security
  • shelter
  • shield
  • stockade
  • stronghold
  • trench
  • wall
  • ward
  • warfare
  • weaponry
  • weapons

fend
verb. defend
  • bulwark
  • cover
  • dodge
  • guard
  • oppose
  • parry
  • protect
  • repel
  • resist
  • safeguard
  • screen
  • secure
  • shield

fortification
noun. reinforced position
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • bastion
  • battlement
  • block
  • blockhouse
  • breastwork
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • castle
  • citadel
  • consolidation
  • defense
  • earthwork
  • embattlement
  • entrenchment
  • fastness
  • fort
  • fortress
  • garrison
  • keep
  • outpost
  • parapet
  • preparation
  • presidio
  • protection
  • reinforcement
  • stockade
  • strengthening
  • stronghold
  • support
  • wall

fortify
verb. make strong and secure; add to
  • brace
  • build up
  • bulwark
  • buttress
  • charge up
  • consolidate
  • embattle
  • entrench
  • garrison
  • gird
  • prepare
  • prop
  • protect
  • punch up
  • ready
  • reinforce
  • secure
  • shore up
  • soup up
  • steel
  • step up
  • strengthen
  • support

guard
noun. defense
  • aegis
  • armament
  • armor
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • pad
  • protection
  • rampart
  • safeguard
  • screen
  • security
  • shield
  • ward

guard
verb. protect, watch
  • attend
  • baby-sit
  • bulwark
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • conduct
  • convoy
  • cover
  • cover up
  • defend
  • escort
  • fend
  • keep
  • keep an eye on
  • keep in view
  • keep under surveillance
  • look after
  • lookout
  • mind
  • observe
  • oversee
  • patrol
  • police
  • preserve
  • ride shotgun for
  • safeguard
  • save
  • screen
  • secure
  • see after
  • shelter
  • shepherd
  • shield
  • shotgun
  • stonewall
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • tend

mainstay
noun. chief support
  • anchor
  • backbone
  • brace
  • bulwark
  • buttress
  • crutch
  • good right arm
  • linchpin
  • maintainer
  • pillar
  • prop
  • right-hand person
  • sinew
  • staff
  • standby
  • stay
  • strength
  • supporter
  • sustainer
  • upholder

protect
verb. take care of; guard from harm
  • assure
  • bulwark
  • care for
  • champion
  • chaperon
  • conserve
  • cover
  • cover all bases
  • cover up
  • cushion
  • defend
  • fend
  • foster
  • give refuge
  • give sanctuary
  • go to bat for
  • harbor
  • hedge
  • insulate
  • keep
  • keep safe
  • look after
  • preserve
  • ride shotgun for
  • safeguard
  • save
  • screen
  • secure
  • sentinel
  • shade
  • shelter
  • shield
  • shotgun
  • stand guard
  • stonewall
  • support
  • take under wing
  • watch
  • watch over
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Word Origin & History

bulwark early 15c., from M.Du. bulwerke or M.H.G. bolwerc, from bole "plank, tree trunk" (from P.Gmc. *bul-, from PIE base *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell;" see bole) + werc "work." Figurative sense is from 1570s.

Example Sentences for bulwark

"I prythee that you will pardon me," said the knight, clutching his way along the bulwark.

We told these chaps we were deserters from the Bulwark, 74, and begged them to help us along.

Hector, the bulwark of Troy, had fallen, and the ruin of the city was at hand.

I returned on deck, where, leaning on the bulwark, I scanned the distance.

When he had succeeded, he walked over to where the girl leaned on the bulwark.

I climbed the bulwark and set my foot upon the rope-ladder which led down to her.

Abaris was the bulwark of Egypt, but we could not keep the savages back.

Prayer was the bulwark of chastity, and God was in need of no man's efforts.

An engineman and a stoker were leaning over the bulwark to cool themselves.

Here the crowd groaned against a bulwark of stout policemen.

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