- present participle of fortify.
fortifying
Example Sentences
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These includes fortifying homes against wildfires, replanting fire-ravaged forests and thinning out vegetation with prescribed burns, goat grazing and manual thinning with heavy machinery to reduce the intensity of potential fires.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
In addition, in central Gaza, the Israeli military has been fortifying the line with a deep trench and high sand berms along its length, satellite images show.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Iran has been fortifying an underground complex near one of its nuclear facilities, according to analysis of new satellite images.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
In his 2021 book, “The Real Anthony Fauci,” Kennedy defines this as “preventing disease by fortifying the immune system through nutrition and by reducing exposures to environmental toxins and stresses.”
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025
“This Institute is the safest place in the world, I assure you. So many great Marvellians lent their marvels to fortifying it.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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