bulwarks in English

noun
1
a defensive wall.
After landing virtually unopposed, the Fifth Corps moved toward the San Juan Heights, the principal bulwark in the first of three defensive lines around the city.
synonyms:wallrampartfortificationparapetstockadepalisadebarricadeembankmentearthwork
2
an extension of a ship's sides above the level of the deck.
I met with some disaster, lost part of my bulwarks and main top gallant mast but by the blessing of God I was preserved and brought here in safety on the 17th of October…
noun

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1. Bulwarks, rails and guards

2. His gnarled hands throttled the bulwarks.

3. For example, “Mark ye well her Bulwarks” (Psalm 48:13)

4. The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty.

5. Synonyms for Crenellations include battlements, barbicans, bastions, breastworks, bulwarks, fortification, parapets, ramparts, walls and barricades

6. Synonyms for Barbicans include fortification, keeps, strongholds, towers, turrets, bartizans, forts, bulwarks, bastions and defence

7. “Thou shalt build Bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee” (Deuteronomy 20:20).

8. Synonyms for Breastworks include ramparts, bastions, bulwarks, earthworks, embankments, fortification, parapets, defence, barbicans and barricades

9. Synonyms for Bartizans include battlements, barbicans, bastions, breastworks, bulwarks, crenellations, fortification, parapets, ramparts and walls

10. Synonyms for Bastions include fortification, strongholds, bulwarks, fortresses, breastworks, citadels, fastness, parapets, redoubts and support

11. The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty ( George Mason ).

12. But at that moment he is sprung upon by a panther billow leaping over the bulwarks.

13. Bulwarks upper deck where deck log cargoes to be loaded, shall be designed to suit accordingly.

14. Open markets and a rule-based trading system, built on the World Trade Organization, were crucial bulwarks against protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbour policies

15. Open markets and a rule-based trading system, built on the World Trade Organization, were crucial bulwarks against protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbour policies.

16. The church is a strong city, for it has walls and bulwarks, or Counterscarps, and those of God’s own appointing; for he has, in his promise, appointed salvation itself to be its defence

17. Bullpouts bullule bullweed bullweeds bullwhack bullwhacker bullwhip bullwhipped bullwhipping bullwhips bullwork bullwort bulwand bulwark bulwarked bulwarking bulwarks bungaloid bungalow bungalows bungalow's bungarum bungfu bungfull bunghole bungholes bungy bungle bungled bungler bunglers bungles bunglesome

18. Bullule bullweed bullweeds bullwhack bullwhacker bullwhip bullwhipped bullwhipping bullwhips bullwork bullwort bulwand bulwark bulwarked bulwarking bulwarks bungaloid bungalow bungalows bungalow's bungarum bungfu bungfull bunghole bungholes bungy bungle bungled bungler bunglers bungles bunglesome bungling bunglingly

19. Bulrushy bulse: bulses bultfonteinite bulti bultow bultows bulwark (current term) bulwarked bulwarking bulwarks bum's rush: bum's rushes bum-rush bum-rushed bum-rushes bum-rushing bum about bum around bum bag; Literary usage of Bulwark

20. The shining bulwarks of the Firmament defend the Afterworld; it slopes down from the mountain of Heaven to the sharp borders of Order or the rambling woods of the Questing Ground.Most souls that are not condemned to the fires of the Infernum are brought to the Afterworld.