fortification

[US]/ˌfɔːtɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/ˌfɔrtɪfɪ'keʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the act of constructing fortifications; the process of making a defensive wall or other structures for protection.

Phrases & Collocations

fortification wall

fortification techniques

Example Sentences

the fortification of the frontiers.

emplace a fortification on the hilltop.

fortifications that made the frontier inviolable.

an earthen fortification; an earthen pot.

The fortifications were out of repair.

the most enormous complex of fortifications in all Islam.

Yan Sin Shoujun expansion, by anti-fortification, desilt moat, to step up war preparations Shou.

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