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citadel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bastion |
| Type of | fastness, stronghold |
| Has types | acropolis, kremlin |
Examples of citadel
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Citadel Capital hired investment bank Pioneers Holding to advise on the listing.
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This whitewashed citadel perches on outcrops of rock cut in two by a deep gorge.
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The citadel was razed to the ground, and a court of justice erected on its site.
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Were they casualties of some apocalyptic reckoning at this great walled citadel?
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Mithridates withdrew to the citadel in Panticapaeum, where he committed suicide.
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We were on the ground, with the people, leading them into the citadel of power.
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Graves dating to the geometric age were found on the south side of the citadel.
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After a struggle, Mewar's chief citadel of Chittor finally fell to Akbar in 1568.
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The remaining soldiers, die-hard supporters of the Shah, held out in the citadel.
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- Bastion: a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- A citadel is a fortress for protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a castle. The term derives from the same Latin root as the word "city", civis, meaning citizen.
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- Beleaguered Castle is a solitaire card game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is one of the games touted as "Freecell without cells" because its game play is somehow akin to the popular solitaire computer game but without extra empty spaces to maneuver. ...
