Synonyms for fortify
ˈfɔr təˌfaɪ

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1. strengthen, beef up, fortify(verb)

   make strong or stronger

   "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

   Synonyms:
   tone, tone up, gird, build up, fort, spike, arm, beef up, lace, strengthen

2. fortify, fort(verb)

   enclose by or as if by a fortification

   Synonyms:
   fort up, gird, build up, fort, spike, arm, beef up, lace, strengthen

3. arm, build up, fortify, gird(verb)

   prepare oneself for a military confrontation

   "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

   Synonyms:
   progress, lace, develop, encircle, girdle, build up, fort, build, ramp up, beef up, spike, arm, work up, strengthen, gird

4. fortify(verb)

   add nutrients to

   "fortified milk"

   Synonyms:
   gird, build up, fort, spike, arm, beef up, lace, strengthen

5. spike, lace, fortify(verb)

   add alcohol to (beverages)

   "the punch is spiked!"

   Synonyms:
   interlace, entwine, fort, enlace, impale, arm, strengthen, spike, lace, transfix, build up, braid, lace up, twine, gird, spike out, beef up, plait, intertwine, empale

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1. fortify

   Synonyms:
   strengthen, confirm, corroborate, garrison, brace, intrench

   Antonyms:
   weaken, invalidate, dismantle

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1. fortify(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   protect by fortifications

2. fortify(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   strengthen, confirm, brace, add strength to

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1. List of paraphrases:

   strengthen

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1. Virginia Woolf:

   It would be a thousand pities if women wrote like men, or lived like men, or looked like men, for if two sexes are quite inadequate, considering the vastness and variety of the world, how should we manage with one only? Ought not education to bring out and fortify the differences rather than the similarities? For we have too much likeness as it is, and if an explorer should come back and bring word of other sexes looking through the branches of other trees at other skies, nothing would be of greater service to humanity; and we should have the immense pleasure into the bargain of watching Professor X rush for his measuring-rods to prove himself superior.

2. Von Stetten:

   We need to stop the wave of refugees. Examining whether to fortify the borders should not be taboo.

3. The White House:

   This response showcased American leadership at its finest on the world stage, just as we came together as a nation to fortify our domestic resilience in the face of understandable apprehension, to be sure, our tasks are far from complete ; we will keep working to meet this challenge until there are zero cases in West Africa 10 months ago and our domestic infrastructure is fully completed.

4. Kat Van Kirk:

   This means it can help fortify your overall health and be better on your stomach so you won’t feel sluggish during sex, she says. RELATED: Shirtless Nick Jonas Explains How He Got His New Buff Body 5. There's even a beer specifically engineered to enhance performance. 50 Shades of Green is basically like green juice and Viagra combined. It uses ginseng, ginkgo biloba and damiana to achieve increased sexual desire, blood flow and nerve stimulation.

5. Christopher Paulsen:

   Unless you really need to fortify a balance sheet and get bigger, a lot of M&A activity will wait until there’s more of a discrepancy between haves and have-nots.

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