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Redoubt

A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.

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Fastness 76% connected

The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.

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Fortification 76% connected

The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

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Munition 76% connected

Fortification; stronghold.

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Stronghold 76% connected

A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

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Stress noun · 78% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Antemural noun · 78% connection

An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

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Bastion noun · 78% connection

A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that…

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Black hole unknown · 78% connection

A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Boast verb · 78% connection

To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Broach noun · 78% connection

To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Bulwark noun · 78% connection

A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

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Cannonade noun · 78% connection

The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or for…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Construction noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Counterguard noun · 78% connection

A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Cross noun · 78% connection

An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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En dash noun · 78% connection

a dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.; "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values — a range with c…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Encampment noun · 78% connection

The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Epaulement noun · 78% connection

A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Erectile adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, roughly, constructed, fort, outwork.
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Former noun · 78% connection

A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.

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Fortalice noun · 78% connection

A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also fortelace.

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Frontier noun · 78% connection

An outwork.

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Gorge noun · 78% connection

The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.

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