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Synonyms for CITADEL
ˈsɪt ə dl, -əˌdɛlcitadel
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
citadel
Fortification is the general word for any artificial defensive work; a fortress is a fortification of especial size and strength; a fortress is regarded as permanent, and is ordinarily an independent work; a fort or fortification may be temporary; a fortification may be but part of a defensive system; we speak of the fortifications of a city. A citadel is a fortification within a city, or the fortified inner part of a city or fortress, within which a garrison may be placed to overawe the citizens, or to which the defenders may retire if the outer works are captured; the medieval castle was the fortified residence of a king or baron. Fort is the common military term for a detached fortified building or enclosure of moderate size occupied or designed to be occupied by troops. The fortifications of a modern city usually consist of a chain of forts. Any defensible place, whether made so by nature or by art, is a fastness or stronghold.
Synonyms:
castle, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, stronghold
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citadel
Synonyms:
fortress, castle, stronghold, acropolis
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citadelnoun
Synonyms:
FORTRESS, castle, stronghold
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#2341 | fort | |
#3905 | castle | |
#14680 | fortress | |
#20382 | citadel | |
#28616 | stronghold | |
#34633 | bastion | |
#43065 | acropolis | |
#50635 | fortification | |
#77590 | bulwark | |
#104806 | fastness | |
#285213 | citadelle |
How to use CITADEL in a sentence?
At this hour, our democracy's under unprecedented assault, unlike anything we've seen in modern times. An assault on the citadel of liberty, the Capitol itself.
Modesty is the citadel of beauty.
Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. For the American citadel is a man. Not man in general. Not man in the abstract. Not the majority of men. But man. That man. His worth. His uniqueness.
The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking.
The government paid no attention to the sites and didn't build canals to divert flood water, we have warned the government about the dire condition of the citadel but no one visited.
Translations for CITADEL
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- قلعةArabic
- цитаделаBulgarian
- ciutadellaCatalan, Valencian
- citadelaCzech
- chadarnleWelsh
- ZitadelleGerman
- ακρόποληGreek
- citadeloEsperanto
- ciudadelaSpanish
- ارگPersian
- linnoitus, linnakeFinnish
- citadelleFrench
- מֽצוּדָהHebrew
- citadella, fellegvárHungarian
- cittadellaItalian
- 城塞Japanese
- arxLatin
- tihi, toitoiMāori
- cidadelaPortuguese
- fortificație, citadelă, cetateRomanian
- цитадель, крепостьRussian
- citadelaSerbo-Croatian
- citadell, citadelletSwedish
- گندگیUrdu
- pháo đàiVietnamese
- 堡垒Chinese
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