Citadel: alternatives and connections

A fortress; a fortification for defense.

The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in de…

A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.

A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forw…

A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.

One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or f…

A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.

A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.

A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.

The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from…

Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.

To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort.

A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curta…

The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illus…