buttress
noun
any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
had buttressed
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past perfectof buttress.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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After the collapse of the Larsen A and B and Prince Gustav ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula, the flow of the glaciers they had buttressed accelerated by twofold to ninefold.
From Scientific American ● May 28, 2023
Martin and director Carl Reiner had buttressed their film-noir burlesque with segments from black-and-white crime dramas, which were woven into new scenes with the star and other actors.
From Time ● Feb. 17, 2012
The bishops talked for a month, and when the synod closed last week it was evident that on birth control, the assembly had buttressed tradition rather than questioned it.
From Time Magazine Archive
In sharp outline Canadians saw this week how two World Wars had buttressed the Dominion's agricultural economy with a fine manufacturing industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
