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Synonyms for fort
fɔrt, foʊrtfort
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
fort
Fortification is the general word for any artificial defensive work; a fortress is a fortification of especial size and strength; a fortress is regarded as permanent, and is ordinarily an independent work; a fort or fortification may be temporary; a fortification may be but part of a defensive system; we speak of the fortifications of a city. A citadel is a fortification within a city, or the fortified inner part of a city or fortress, within which a garrison may be placed to overawe the citizens, or to which the defenders may retire if the outer works are captured; the medieval castle was the fortified residence of a king or baron. Fort is the common military term for a detached fortified building or enclosure of moderate size occupied or designed to be occupied by troops. The fortifications of a modern city usually consist of a chain of forts. Any defensible place, whether made so by nature or by art, is a fastness or stronghold.
Synonyms:
castle, citadel, fastness, fortification, fortress, stronghold
Princeton's WordNet
garrison, fortnoun
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
fortress, fortverb
a fortified defensive structure
fort, fort upverb
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
fortify, fortverb
enclose by or as if by a fortification
Synonyms:
fort up, fortify, gird, build up, spike, arm, beef up, lace, strengthenfortverb
station (troops) in a fort
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oater
a western movie or television show.
"oater setting"
Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017
Dictionary of English Synonymes
fortnoun
Synonyms:
fortification, fortress, stronghold, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fortified place
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fortnoun
Synonyms:
fortress, fortification, citadel, fastness, stronghold, bulwark, redoubt
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#102581 | gird | |
#104806 | fastness | |
#170364 | wurth |
How to use fort in a sentence?
I don't see that happening here, but Fort Bliss has always been an open base.
This is a team where we knew they weren’t going to stop coming, tonight, we were able to hold down the fort. Quality over quantity tonight, but in our zone, we battled. It was a grind, but those are the kind of games you have to win on the road in a hostile environment.
It is outrageous that this administration would even consider using our military installations to shelter illegal immigrants who have crossed our southern border, president Obama needs to enforce our immigration laws and secure our border, not undermine our military at a time when our country is facing increased threats from radical Islamic terrorists. Last year, amid a surge of unaccompanied children streaming in from Central America, the Pentagon began housing thousands of unaccompanied illegal immigrant children at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, in Texas, Naval Base Ventura County, in California, and at Fort Sill, in Oklahoma. More than 10,000 unaccompanied minor children have streamed into United States over the Mexican border since October 1, the result of unchecked corruption and gang violence in their Central American homelands, and an effort by Mexican drug cartels to diversify into the very lucrative migrant smuggling business. The Department of Health and Human Service's Office of Refugee Relocation is required to take control of unaccompanied children once they enter the U.S., and the agency is once again being stretched to the limit by a surge that has reached an estimated 10,000 since October. In a statement, Fort Hood spokesman Tony Rheinlander said it is n’t even up to the Pentagon whether or not Fort Hood is used.
We try to do that in a way that blends into the architecture, something that's visually pleasing, that doesn't look like Fort Knox or prison.
The children I spoke to appeared visibly distressed when recounting how they felt seeing more and more of the children with whom they had arrived at Fort Bliss released, leaving them to wonder whether they had simply fallen through the cracks and been forgotten.
Translations for fort
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- حصن, قلعةArabic
- фортBelarusian
- фортBulgarian
- fortCatalan, Valencian
- pevnostCzech
- amddiffynfa, caerWelsh
- fortDanish
- Stützpunkt, Fort, FestungGerman
- fortikaĵoEsperanto
- fuerte, fortalezaSpanish
- دژPersian
- linnake, linnoitus, tukikohtaFinnish
- fortFrench
- daingean, dúnIrish
- daingneachScottish Gaelic
- forteGalician
- किलाHindi
- erődHungarian
- bentengIndonesian
- virki, vígiIcelandic
- fortino, ridotta, forte, fortezza, bicocca, piazzaforte, fortilizioItalian
- 要塞Japanese
- បន្ទាយKhmer
- 요새Korean
- imperiumLatin
- fortsLatvian
- fortPolish
- fortePortuguese
- FortRomanian
- фортRussian
- pevnosťSlovak
- fortSwedish
- కోటTelugu
- korugan, kaleTurkish
- фортUkrainian
- pháo đàiVietnamese
- 堡Chinese
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