Fortress
noun
A place that is built to be very strong and protected against attacks.
The king ordered to build a massive fortress to protect the kingdom.
Often appears as...
- build a fortress
- attack a fortress
noun
Something that serves as a protective or preserving force.
Courage and hope became the fortress of her spirit.
Often appears as...
- fortress of the mind
- fortress of spirit
noun
A place that is built to be very strong and protected against attacks.
The king ordered to build a massive fortress to protect the kingdom.
Often appears as...
- build a fortress
- attack a fortress
noun
Something that serves as a protective or preserving force.
Courage and hope became the fortress of her spirit.
Often appears as...
- fortress of the mind
- fortress of spirit
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Defense
Used to describe actual military structures designed to defend against real attacks.
The ancient fortress stood atop the hill, a testament to the city's military past.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Often appears in historical or fantasy contexts where physical protection was crucial.
In medieval times, the fortress was the center of defense during sieges.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Usage
Can be used metaphorically to imply strong defense in non-military situations.
With their legal team, they've created a fortress against corporate lawsuits.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Defense
Used to describe actual military structures designed to defend against real attacks.
The ancient fortress stood atop the hill, a testament to the city's military past.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Often appears in historical or fantasy contexts where physical protection was crucial.
In medieval times, the fortress was the center of defense during sieges.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Usage
Can be used metaphorically to imply strong defense in non-military situations.
With their legal team, they've created a fortress against corporate lawsuits.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Defense
Used to describe actual military structures designed to defend against real attacks.
The ancient fortress stood atop the hill, a testament to the city's military past.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Often appears in historical or fantasy contexts where physical protection was crucial.
In medieval times, the fortress was the center of defense during sieges.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Usage
Can be used metaphorically to imply strong defense in non-military situations.
With their legal team, they've created a fortress against corporate lawsuits.
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Where on Earth Will...
but we can make scenarios. So I've constructed these four scenarios along these axes of more or less sustainability and more or less mobility. And the truth is that all of these are visible today. We are in a world where regions like Europe act like fortresses. They're investing in their own sustainability,
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The rise and fall of the...
Though we still don’t know for sure how many there were, we do know this relatively small group had an outsize impact on the region. Perched on cliffs with sweeping views and safe harbors, seaside fortresses helped the kings control shipping, commerce, and resources.
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Aparna Rao: Art that...
These figures are sort of entrapped within this very strong grid, which is like a prison, but also a fortress, because it allows them to be oblivious and naive and carefree and quite oblivious of the external world. So all these real life qualities that I talk about
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How we could change the...
never even owned a pet. I've lived my whole life in cities, actually just one city. And while I like to take trips to visit nature, I always thought it was something that was happening elsewhere, far away, with all of modern life a fortress against its forces.
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Buildings that blend...
Instead of the police station as a scary fortress, you get highly active spaces on the public side of the station -- places that spark conversation, like a barbershop, a coffee shop or sports courts as well. Both cops and kids said they love sports.
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How I made the ultimate...
films and anime right from the start I knew I wanted to make a military vehicle toy I imagine a world where air power never evolved and tanks did getting bigger and bigger eventually any of like fortresses walking over the battlefield
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See Potala Palace, the...
years earlier on commission of a Tibetan King in honor of his marriage to a princess of China the growing fortress became the winter home for the dalai lama's monastic leaders of tibetan buddhism unesco world heritage
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Pablo Escobar's Hippos PIPE...
it's a ruin but this was once the fortress and personal playground of one of the world's most famous criminals Pablo Escobar ruler to the medellin drug cartel escobar used his ill-gotten wealth to
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How Tutankhamun Got His...
offsite for further analysis. As they dig deeper into the layers below the fortress, they uncover more clues that this site was in use in Tutankhamun's time. JENNIFER It is beautiful.
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Ants Battle to Protect...
Back in the Australian rainforest, this weaver ant fortress sits at the heart of a rich territory.
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Where on Earth Will...
but we can make scenarios. So I've constructed these four scenarios along these axes of more or less sustainability and more or less mobility. And the truth is that all of these are visible today. We are in a world where regions like Europe act like fortresses. They're investing in their own sustainability,
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
Though we still don’t know for sure how many there were, we do know this relatively small group had an outsize impact on the region. Perched on cliffs with sweeping views and safe harbors, seaside fortresses helped the kings control shipping, commerce, and resources.
Video examples
Aparna Rao: Art that...
These figures are sort of entrapped within this very strong grid, which is like a prison, but also a fortress, because it allows them to be oblivious and naive and carefree and quite oblivious of the external world. So all these real life qualities that I talk about
Video examples
How we could change the...
never even owned a pet. I've lived my whole life in cities, actually just one city. And while I like to take trips to visit nature, I always thought it was something that was happening elsewhere, far away, with all of modern life a fortress against its forces.
Video examples
Buildings that blend...
Instead of the police station as a scary fortress, you get highly active spaces on the public side of the station -- places that spark conversation, like a barbershop, a coffee shop or sports courts as well. Both cops and kids said they love sports.
Video examples
How I made the ultimate...
films and anime right from the start I knew I wanted to make a military vehicle toy I imagine a world where air power never evolved and tanks did getting bigger and bigger eventually any of like fortresses walking over the battlefield
Video examples
See Potala Palace, the...
years earlier on commission of a Tibetan King in honor of his marriage to a princess of China the growing fortress became the winter home for the dalai lama's monastic leaders of tibetan buddhism unesco world heritage
Video examples
Pablo Escobar's Hippos PIPE...
it's a ruin but this was once the fortress and personal playground of one of the world's most famous criminals Pablo Escobar ruler to the medellin drug cartel escobar used his ill-gotten wealth to
Video examples
How Tutankhamun Got His...
offsite for further analysis. As they dig deeper into the layers below the fortress, they uncover more clues that this site was in use in Tutankhamun's time. JENNIFER It is beautiful.
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Ants Battle to Protect...
Back in the Australian rainforest, this weaver ant fortress sits at the heart of a rich territory.
Example 1 of 10
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Padgett Powell
American Novelist
Every other year, I was the new boy. I found that the only way to survive was to embrace it, make a little fortress on the outside and to pretend to blend in but not to invest too much because you'll be somewhere else next year.
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Hjalmar Schacht
German Economist
Wherever my work may take me in the near future even if you should see me one day within the fortress - you can always count on me as your reliable assistant.
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Joseph de Maistre
French Diplomat
There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.
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Jane Birkin
English Actress
My distinguishing feature is the gap between my teeth. I had to wear a brace because my teeth used to stick out like guns from a fortress.
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Richard Engel
American Journalist
Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
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Heinrich Heine
German Poet
In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.
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Michael Chabon
American Author
I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude.
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Eve Arden
American Actress
The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.
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Georginio Wijnaldum
Dutch Athlete
I think Anfield is a fortress.
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Padgett Powell
American Novelist
Every other year, I was the new boy. I found that the only way to survive was to embrace it, make a little fortress on the outside and to pretend to blend in but not to invest too much because you'll be somewhere else next year.
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Hjalmar Schacht
German Economist
Wherever my work may take me in the near future even if you should see me one day within the fortress - you can always count on me as your reliable assistant.
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Joseph de Maistre
French Diplomat
There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.
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Jane Birkin
English Actress
My distinguishing feature is the gap between my teeth. I had to wear a brace because my teeth used to stick out like guns from a fortress.
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Richard Engel
American Journalist
Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
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Heinrich Heine
German Poet
In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.
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Michael Chabon
American Author
I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude.
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Eve Arden
American Actress
The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.
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Georginio Wijnaldum
Dutch Athlete
I think Anfield is a fortress.
Example 1 of 10
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