fortresses in English

noun
1
a military stronghold, especially a strongly fortified town fit for a large garrison.
World War I saw the evolution of a new fortification setup combining field strongholds with fortresses .

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1. Fortresses of Firepower For Artillerymen

2. 5 They will establish impregnable fortresses.

3. Nettles and thorny weeds in her fortresses.

4. The royal dynasty also built several fortresses and palaces.

5. He prefers to trust in armaments, “the god of fortresses.”

6. IN Ikoyi, an exclusive West African suburb, mansions have become fortresses.

7. □ How does today’s king of the north worship the god of fortresses?

8. Mountain fortresses were also often constructed as places of refuge during war.

9. The 43rd Bombardment Group was equipped with about 55 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses.

10. The cathedrals and spinal fortresses Barnacling along its back were gone, laid waste by the Ultramarines’ incendiary rage

11. Synonyms for Acropolises include forts, fortresses, castles, citadels, fortification, strongholds, fastness, redoubts, keeps and blockhouses

12. 16 Fortresses construct the Blood Obelisk to increase the ferocity of their town defenders.

13. Corfu is studded with whitewashed houses, Byzantine churches, and the remains of Venetian fortresses and Greek temples

14. Most domestic building was in wood and has perished, but some of the great mural fortresses survive.

15. Biofilms are thin armored fortresses that bacteria build to live, breed and hide inside

16. In 1429 the English occupied the Bailiwick of Chaumont and garrisoned several fortresses in Bassigny

17. The citizens of the last two Mahan fortresses surrendered to Onjo and were given mercy.

18. Harsh fortresses of prickly pears and shard grass and dead branches block off all escape.

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

20. Synonyms for Alcazars include castles, fortresses, citadels, fastness, strongholds, forts, fortification, keeps, towers and chateaux

21. (Daniel 11:38) In fact, the king of the north placed his trust in modern scientific militarism, “the god of fortresses.”

22. Corfu is studded with whitewashed houses, Byzantine churches, and the remains of Venetian fortresses and Greek temples

23. Vauban had advocated a system of impregnable fortresses along the frontier that would keep France's enemies out.

24. Alcazars tend to be inspired by Moorish architecture, and were often built upon the remnants of 13th century Moorish fortresses

25. The VOC began immediately to prise away the string of coastal fortresses that, at the time, comprised the Portuguese Empire.

26. On an island in the river, the Bohus Fortress (one of Sweden's finest fortresses) faces the city of Kungälv.

27. Having completed his fortresses, Mehmed proceeded to levy a toll on ships passing within reach of their cannon.

28. The crusaders' catapults and trebuchets did not arrive in time, so they had fruitless assaults on the fortresses of the Lebanon and on Mount Tabor.

29. In the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Zaraysk was one of the fortresses forming a part of the Great Abatis Border, a fortified line of felled trees, barricades, fortresses, ditches, which were built by Russians as a protection against the hordes of the Crimean and Kazan Tatars.

30. Forty B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th American Air Force dropped about 152 tons of bombs on many populated areas of Prague.

31. Circling the Elephant is a compelling case for interreligious learning in our times, grounded in a convincing critique of religious traditions as impermeable historical fortresses

32. Besiege is an upcoming physics based building game in which you construct medieval siege engines and lay waste to immense fortresses and peaceful hamlets

33. Travel video about destination Bretagne in France.Brittany in the rugged west of France features picturesque old towns, castles and fortresses plus austere m

34. Besiege is a physics based building game in which you construct medieval siege engines and lay waste to immense fortresses and peaceful hamlets.

35. Herod also was responsible for the construction of theaters, amphitheaters, hippodromes, citadels, fortresses, palaces, gardens, temples in honor of Caesar, aqueducts, monuments, and even cities.

36. Corfu Town boasts fortresses bearing the insignia of the Venetian Republic, an esplanade lavishly planted by the French during the Napoleonic Wars, and an English cricket pitch

37. ‘The various forces converged in April 1945, and the Berlin garrison commander Capitulated on 2 May.’ ‘So great was the demoralization that formidable fortresses Capitulated to mere cavalry units.’

38. 1 Spawning 2 Behavior 3 Combat 4 Trivia Blazes spawn in theNetherin Nether Fortresses, primarily from Blaze Spawners, although they occasionally spawn naturally without Spawners

39. Ashen Lords Captain Grimm: Captain Grimm was responsible for constructing the Fortresses and Flameheart's Lairs to defend and hold all the Treasure that they stole

40. Also to be seen in this region are hundreds of mounds of crumbling adobe-brick constructions, including villages, cities, fortresses and step-tiered ziggurats or temples.

41. Akko's walls, fortresses, castles, churches, mosques, synagogues and other structures tell the story of the many rulers that governed, fought for, built and adorned the City.

42. Then, joined by Hugh the Great, Rudolph burned Herbert's fortresses and cornered him in Château-Thierry, where he had first imprisoned Charles, from 933 to 934.

43. World's 10 Most Captivating Castles They're grand, historic fortresses, and to see the best of them you have to go to Europe -- or check out these photos

44. From Norman earthworks to mighty royal fortresses and from Cornwall to Northumberland, these Castles and forts tell the turbulent and often surprising story of power, war and siege in England.

45. Corfu (Kerkyra) Town is often the first place visitors see when arriving, as well as the island's main tourism center.Because of its position on a peninsula between two ancient fortresses, Corfu

46. The directors of the company, the "Heeren XVII", were given the legal authority to establish "fortresses and strongholds", to sign treaties, to enlist both an army and a navy, and to wage defensive war.

47. High fortresses and temples known as Acropoleis can also be found in the Greek cities of Argos, Thebes, Corinth, and others, each constructed as a center for local life, culture, and protection

48. Unable to bring the French army under Marshal Villars to battle owing to strong French defensive lines and the Marshal's orders from Versailles not to risk battle, the Duke of Marlborough concentrated instead on taking the fortresses of Tournai and Ypres.

49. Sir Samuel Meyrick states that it was an invention of the Roman Empire in the East, suggested by the more ancient military engines used in the besieging of fortresses; certainly the word Arbaleste or arcubaleste is derived from the

50. Begirds some stately castle, sure defence Affording to the space within, so here Were model'd these; and as like fortresses E'en from their threshold to the brink without, Are flank'd with bridges; from the rock's low base Thus flinty paths advanc'd, that 'cross the moles And dikes, struck onward far …