Synonyms for citadel
ˈsɪt ə dl, -əˌdɛlcitadel

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1. 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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1. citadel

   Synonyms:
   fortress, castle, stronghold, acropolis

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1. bastion, citadelnoun

   a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

   Synonyms:
   bastion

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1. • Stronghold

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1. citadelnoun

   Synonyms:
   FORTRESS, castle, stronghold

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1. List of paraphrases for "citadel":

   citadelle, bulwark, castle, bastion, stronghold, qal'at

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1. Terry Pratchett, Eric:

   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.

2. Peter Kelly:

   Unless you're Goldman Sachs, Citadel, a big fund that trades big volume, CME doesn't care.

3. Ghulam Sakhi:

   We have warned the government about the dire condition of the citadel but no one visited.

4. John Keats:

   It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel.

5. Demades:

   Modesty is the citadel of beauty.