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fortress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fort |
| Type of | defence, defensive structure, defense |
| Has types | alcazar, martello tower, presidio, sconce |
Examples of fortress
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We need to make our stadium a fortress and hopefully we can continue to do that.
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It was only a probing action, but it shook the very foundations of the fortress.
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The hotel, which is close to many government offices, is now a virtual fortress.
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That bottom level fortress is one of the most secure locations in Mobile County.
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Even the Green Zone, once an American fortress, is now guarded mainly by Iraqis.
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Fortress Cook is responding to shareholder revolt and should score major points.
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Mdina, the walled fortress town in the centre of the island, is also unmissable.
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Ochakiv was founded in 14th century, named after the Turkish fortress Achi-Kale.
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He hoped to take the main fortress of Erzurum in the area followed by Trebizond.
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- A fortified defensive structure
- Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defence in warfare and military bases. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The term is derived from the Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make").
- Fortress is a 1986 film directed by Arch Nicholson and written by Everett De Roche. It is based on Gabrielle Lord's novel of the same name, which was loosely based on the 1972 Faraday School Kidnapping.
- Fortress is a 1992 science fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon and shot at Warner Brothers Movie World in Queensland, Australia. The story takes place in a dystopian future. The main character in the movie, John Henry Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife Karen B. ...
- In chess, the fortress is an endgame drawing technique in which the side behind in material sets up a zone of protection around their king that cannot be penetrated by the opponent. ...
- Fortress (written F O R T R E S S), is Miniature Tigers second full-length album. It was released on July 27, 2010.
- Fortress is a programming language designed for high-performance computing. It was created by Sun Microsystems with funding from DARPA's High Productivity Computing Systems project. One of the language designers is Guy L. Steele Jr., whose previous work includes Scheme, Common Lisp, and Java.
- Fortress is the second studio album by Canadian band Protest the Hero which was released on January 29, 2008 on Vagrant Records in the US and Underground Operations in Canada.
- Fortress, released in 2000, is Sister Hazel's third studio album.
