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Synonyms for fortress
ˈfɔr trɪsfortress
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
fortress
The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.
Synonyms:
apology, bulwark, defense, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindicationAntonyms:
abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrenderPreposition:
Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.
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fortressnoun
Synonyms:
fortification, fort, stronghold, castle, citadel, fortified place (of great magnitude)
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fortressnoun
Synonyms:
fort
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#914 | protection | |
#2141 | defense | |
#2341 | fort | |
#2814 | strength | |
#3541 | guard | |
#3656 | resistance | |
#6486 | shield | |
#6682 | shelter | |
#10672 | justification | |
#14680 | fortress | |
#15421 | safeguard | |
#16283 | garrison | |
#17325 | apology | |
#28616 | stronghold | |
#34633 | bastion | |
#39596 | fortitude | |
#54917 | rampart | |
#56537 | vindication | |
#59157 | fortaleza | |
#77590 | bulwark |
How to use fortress in a sentence?
The Russian people have a sense that they are under sanctions, they are a fortress under siege, this kind of mentality is disseminated consistently and steadily by Russian television: Who else is there to rely on except Putin? Putin is seen as the savior of the nation, and I think he sees himself in this fashion.
In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.
This time last year I felt a lot better living in Fortress Australia than I did America, because it seemed quite chaotic over there.
State Mike Pompeo calls on our allies and partners in government and industry around the world to join the growing tide to secure our data from the [ Chinese Communist Party's ] surveillance state and other malign entities, building a [ clean ] fortress around State Mike Pompeo citizens' data will ensure all of our nations' security.
Their displacement generates socio-economic and cultural burdens that alienate them, hindering their traditional ways and generating the very pressures on biodiversity that these ‘fortress’ models of conservation are attempting to mitigate.
Translations for fortress
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- قلعة, حصنArabic
- qalaAzerbaijani
- крэ́пасцьBelarusian
- кре́постBulgarian
- fortalesaCatalan, Valencian
- pevnostCzech
- caerWelsh
- fæstningDanish
- FestungGerman
- φρούριοGreek
- fortiko, fortresoEsperanto
- fortalezaSpanish
- kindlusEstonian
- قلعه, دژPersian
- linnoitusFinnish
- forteresseFrench
- dúnIrish
- dùnScottish Gaelic
- מִבְצָרHebrew
- गढीHindi
- várHungarian
- ամրոց, բերդArmenian
- fortresoIdo
- virkiIcelandic
- fortezza, roccaItalian
- 要塞Japanese
- ციხესიმაგრეGeorgian
- бекініс, қамалKazakh
- បន្ទាយKhmer
- 요새, 要塞Korean
- сепилKyrgyz
- castellumLatin
- tvirtovėLithuanian
- cietoksnisLatvian
- твр́дина, кре́пост, ка́леMacedonian
- цайзMongolian
- vestingDutch
- festningNorwegian Nynorsk
- festningNorwegian
- fortecaPolish
- fortalezaPortuguese
- cetate, fortăreațăRomanian
- кре́постьRussian
- पुराSanskrit
- тврђа, твр̀ђава, tvr̀đava, tvȑđa, у̏тврда, ȕtvrdaSerbo-Croatian
- pevnosť, tvrdzaSlovak
- utrdbaSlovene
- kala, fortesëAlbanian
- fästningSwedish
- диж, қалъаTajik
- ป้อมปราการThai
- galaTurkmen
- kaleTurkish
- форте́цяUkrainian
- qalʻaUzbek
- pháo đàiVietnamese
- פֿעסטונגYiddish
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