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fortresses

NOUN

stronghold

Synonyms

WEAK

acropolis blockhouse camp castle citadel fastness fortification garrison redoubt station

NOUN

stronghold

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barrier citadel garrison rampart

STRONG

bastille castle fort redoubt

Example Sentences

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French taxes paid for the powerful artillery that breached English-held fortresses and mowed down England’s last expeditionary force, at Castillon, Gascony, in July 1453.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Two medieval fortresses face each other across the Narva River, separating Estonia from Russia on Europe's eastern edge.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Fish, the 34-year-old councilmember, happens to be a renter in a block-spanning “luxury” apartment complex: “One of those fortresses that everyone makes fun of.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

Saturday's main event took place after pre-sunrise rituals, and hundreds of youngsters used the pool in front of one of Gondar's fortresses to get baptised.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2024

Considering all these matters, then, I shall praise both those princes who construct fortresses and those who do not.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli