reinforce
verb (used with object)
to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material.
unreinforced
-
a word derived from
reinforce.
Example Sentences
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Structures in these parts, including mudbrick houses and unreinforced masonry buildings, had no chance of withstanding the quake.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 11, 2023
In 1933, most of the 120 dead, including a Long Beach fireman, were killed by these falling bricks and by unreinforced masonry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
The Pantheon, dating to the 2nd century AD, is a circular concrete building faced with brick, boasting the world's largest and oldest unreinforced concrete dome.
From Reuters ● Jan. 9, 2023
If you have just unreinforced masonry construction uphill, then you have less stability, and it’ll be even easier to fall down.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 24, 2022
As Jackson's object was to bring McDowell back to Washington and enable Johnston to deal with McClellan unreinforced, Lincoln had fallen into a trap.
From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson
