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Synonyms for fort
fɔrt, foʊrtfort
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
fort
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, citadel, fastness, fortification, fortress, stronghold
Princeton's WordNet
garrison, fortnoun
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
fortress, fortverb
a fortified defensive structure
fort, fort upverb
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
fortify, fortverb
enclose by or as if by a fortification
Synonyms:
fort up, fortify, gird, build up, spike, arm, beef up, lace, strengthenfortverb
station (troops) in a fort
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oater
a western movie or television show.
"oater setting"
Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017
Dictionary of English Synonymes
fortnoun
Synonyms:
fortification, fortress, stronghold, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fortified place
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fortnoun
Synonyms:
fortress, fortification, citadel, fastness, stronghold, bulwark, redoubt
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#3230 | arm | |
#3905 | castle | |
#6888 | loud | |
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#18726 | forte | |
#20382 | citadel | |
#28616 | stronghold | |
#50635 | fortification | |
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#102581 | gird | |
#104806 | fastness | |
#170364 | wurth |
How to use fort in a sentence?
Fort Bragg in North Carolina is one of the most combat-oriented bases in the country, so there will be a lot of combat veterans who will be very intensely interested in a case like this.
It is too early to speculate on costs or repair timelines, we have the right resources in place to conduct the necessary inspections, determine the extent of the damage and required repairs, and return Fort Worth back to operational status.
Before patient arrival, test participants with the 44th Medical Brigade studied patient information on the Medical Hands-free Unified Broadcast device. ( Ashley Force, U.S. Army) Testing of the device has been taking place at the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory( USAARL) in Fort Rucker, Ala. The test, which examined how field hospital staff used the device, involved mass casualty simulations with mannequinsmocked up to look like combat victims with gunshot wounds, burns and amputations. The so-called golden hour for battlefield medical treatment is a cornerstone of U.S. military medicine. The term refers to the all-important 60 minutes following a battlefield wound and the critical importance of swift, effective medical care. MARINES 3D-PRINT CONCRETE BARRACKS IN JUST 40 HOURS Anything that helps speed up treatment could prove key to saving lives. For some patients, the Golden Hour is ultimately too long, these patients need to be treated within minutes.
If Major Hasan dies while the mandatory appellate process is pending, the findings and sentence will be set aside, millions of dollars were wasted on this show trial but as I said repeatedly, he did not receive a fair trial at Fort Hood.
Were seeing it happen in Fort Greene. Were seeing it happen in northern Manhattan. We want answers.
Translations for fort
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- حصن, قلعةArabic
- фортBelarusian
- фортBulgarian
- fortCatalan, Valencian
- pevnostCzech
- amddiffynfa, caerWelsh
- fortDanish
- Stützpunkt, Fort, FestungGerman
- fortikaĵoEsperanto
- fuerte, fortalezaSpanish
- دژPersian
- linnake, linnoitus, tukikohtaFinnish
- fortFrench
- daingean, dúnIrish
- daingneachScottish Gaelic
- forteGalician
- किलाHindi
- erődHungarian
- bentengIndonesian
- virki, vígiIcelandic
- fortino, ridotta, forte, fortezza, bicocca, piazzaforte, fortilizioItalian
- 要塞Japanese
- បន្ទាយKhmer
- 요새Korean
- imperiumLatin
- fortsLatvian
- fortPolish
- fortePortuguese
- FortRomanian
- фортRussian
- pevnosťSlovak
- fortSwedish
- కోటTelugu
- korugan, kaleTurkish
- фортUkrainian
- pháo đàiVietnamese
- 堡Chinese
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