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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Ahmed said the Wagner men, who spoke through an interpreter, then took him to a well-fortified Malian military base, and put him in a hangar.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
There was no confirmation on their whereabouts, but some protesters gathered outside a well-fortified naval base in Trincomalee on the northeastern coast claiming the Rajapaksa family was being protected there.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 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
There is an underdog feel to this fight, with postdocs and academics flinging stones at well-fortified corporations.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2013
It was nearly a mile long, and scattered about on it were seven or eight thick-walled and well-fortified houses.
From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit
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