fortification
/ˌfɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
/noun
1A defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack: the building and maintenance of fortifications a medieval fortification...
- Mortars were originally developed for siege warfare to lob munitions over walls and other fortifications.
- Improved protective designs for field fortifications and base camps have been developed for field forces.
- Furthermore, illegal fortifications violate the DMZ virtually to the centerline.
Synonyms
rampart, defensive wall, defences, bulwark, palisade, stockade, redoubt, earthwork, outwork, bastion, parapet, battlement, blockhouse, barricade, buttress, stronghold
rare fieldwork, ravelin, fortalice
1.1 [mass noun] The action of fortifying or process of being fortified: the fortification of the frontiers...
- Not about to sit by idly as other categories steal their calcium franchise, dairy processors have turned to fortification to recapture share of stomach.
- A much more realistic option is to start with soup, and if you need a little more fortification, slug some brandy into your coffee.
- In some measure, this attitude to fortification reflected the contemporary state of military engineering art in the West and Russia.
Synonyms
strengthening, reinforcement, consolidation, shoring up, bracing, boosting, buttressing, toughening
informal beefing up
strengthening, reinforcement, bolstering, stiffening, supplementing, augmenting
informal beefing up
Origin
Late Middle English: via French from late Latin fortificatio(n-), from fortificare (see fortify).
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