well-fortified
Britishadjective
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(of a position, garrison, city, etc) having been made defensible
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(of a person) having strengthened oneself or been strengthened physically, mentally, or morally
the police were well fortified with steaming mugs of tea
Example Sentences
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“Avdiivka is also a notoriously well-fortified and defended Ukrainian stronghold, which will likely complicate Russian forces’ ability to closely approach or fully capture the settlement,” it added.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
“Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is a well-fortified facility even in peacetime,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Checkpoints in Kyiv went from jumpy armed men with barriers made of a few tyres - to well-fortified sandbagged strongpoints.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2022
It didn’t take long to debunk the initial theory that this was a group of suicidal braves that had attacked a well-fortified village.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2015
At Nissa they found a well-fortified city, where Bulgarians looked down from the walls on the Crusaders, and these last did not dare to try their strength on such an obstacle.
From Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm by Goodsell, Daniel A.
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