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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“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
While the English took all the rest of Normandy, they never took this well-fortified island.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2016
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
This small, tolerably well-fortified island is a few miles from Cape de Verde.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
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