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bulwark::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rampart, wall |
| Type of | embankment |
| Has types | merlon, crenelation, crenellation, earthwork, bailey, fraise, battlement |
bulwark::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | barrier |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | defend |
Examples of bulwark
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Pope Benedict's conservatism is a bulwark against the evils of modern liberalism.
From the washingtontimes.com
For Horthy, Hitler served as a bulwark against Soviet encroachment or invasion.
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The residence was immediately fortified with a bulwark, wooden walls, and a moat.
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Will Iraq be a stable bulwark of democracy or a reinvigorated source of terror?
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The family remains a bulwark, albeit one that is often split by mass migration.
From the denverpost.com
On one thesis, paywall subscriptions are supposed to bulwark print circulation.
From the guardian.co.uk
That confidence is a bulwark of his political power, at home and internationally.
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The Treaty provided western Europe with a bulwark against the communist threat.
From the en.wikipedia.org
What will be the bulwark against the evils of caffeinated alcoholic beverages?
From the denverpost.com
- Rampart: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
- Defend with a bulwark
- A fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
- Breakwater: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- A bastion, or a bulwark, is a structure projecting outward from the main enclosure of a fortification, situated in both corners of a straight wall (termed curtain), facilitating active defence against assaulting troops. ...
- Bulwark (Oswald Boeglin) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe who first appeared as an antagonist of Generation X in Generation X #11.
- The Bulwark is a 1946 (posthumous) novel by Theodore Dreiser.
- A defensive wall or rampart; A defense or safeguard; A breakwater; The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard; To fortify something with a wall or rampart; To ...
- (bulwarks) The sides of a boat above the upper deck.
