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Synonyms for fortify
ˈfɔr təˌfaɪfor·ti·fy

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fortify

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

    Antonyms:
    weaken, invalidate, dismantle

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. strengthen, beef up, fortifyverb

    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, fortverb

    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, girdverb

    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. fortifyverb

    add nutrients to

    "fortified milk"

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

  5. spike, lace, fortifyverb

    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. fortifyverb

    Synonyms:
    protect by fortifications

  2. fortifyverb

    Synonyms:
    strengthen, confirm, brace, add strength to

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "fortify":

    strengthen

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How to use fortify in a sentence?

  1. Killer Mike:

    I am duty-bound to be here to simply say that it is your duty not to burn your own house down for anger with an enemy, it is your duty to fortify your own house so that you may be a house of refuge in times of organization.

  2. Gary Small:

    So it's clear that there is a connection between our minds and our bodies, and if we heal our minds, it will fortify our bodies.

  3. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

    Strength is the ability to obviously to others guide your intentions and not take chances or flexibility with that which you originally aimed to fortify with your own inner divine love.

  4. Von Stetten:

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

  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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