Fortification - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

An improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces.

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They built barricades in the narrow streets

verb

Block or defend with a barricade.

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They barricaded the building and occupied it all night

noun

A projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions.

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A large area was enclosed by a defensive wall with bastions and monumental gates, and the natural s…

noun

A parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through.

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Here, you can see stone cannon balls built into the castle walls, defensive battlements and interio…

noun

A reinforced concrete shelter used as an observation point.

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Three blockhouses were observed being built and they were only 200 metres from the radio location r…

noun

A defensive wall.

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After landing virtually unopposed, the fifth corps moved toward the san juan heights, the principal…

noun

Something that protects you from dangerous or unpleasant situations

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My savings were to be a bulwark against unemployment.

noun

A structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it.

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The cathedral's massive buttresses

verb

Provide (a building or structure) with buttresses.

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We buttressed the wall as it was showing signs of cracking and collapse

verb

To give support to or strengthen something

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He looked for things that would buttress the prosecution case and win a conviction.

noun

The action of defending from or resisting attack.

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Methods of defence against this kind of attack

noun

An argument or explanation which you use to prove that you are not guilty of something

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Now he says he's done nothing wrong, and i assume that will be his defence in court., a defense att…

noun

A large artificial bank of soil, especially one used as a fortification.

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Bronze age earthworks

noun

A raised area of earth made, especially in the past, for defence against enemy attack

noun

Practical work conducted by a researcher in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office.

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Advanced degree programs include classroom and fieldwork, laboratory research, and a dissertation o…

noun

The testing of scientific theories in real situations

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Marjory did a lot of her fieldwork in the rain forests of brazil.

noun

A small fort, fortified house, or outwork of fortification.

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Nearby, the magnificent castel prèsule, one of the region's best preserved fortalices, is worth a t…

noun

A section of a fortification or system of defence which is in front of the main part.

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Outside the main defences lay large outworks such as the terra nova and fort william.

verb

Work harder, faster, or longer than (someone else).

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He was tireless in the field, able to outwork almost everyone around him

noun

Work that is done for a company by employees who work at home rather than in an office

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We are a small, family-run unit relying heavily on outwork., they did everything they could to outw…

noun

A fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defence.

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At this time fortifications consisted mainly of earth banks and wooden palisades

verb

Enclose or provide (a building or place) with a palisade.

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He palisaded the ends of the streets, and made the town a roughly fortified camp

noun

A long row of cliffs (= high area of rock with a steep side)

noun

A low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony.

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She stood on the bridge, leaning over the parapet to watch the water race by

noun

A low wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, etc.

noun

A defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.

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A castle with ramparts and a moat

verb

Fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.

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The town's streets were ramparted with tall mounds of rubble

noun

A large wall built round a town, castle, etc. to protect it

noun

An outwork of fortifications, with two faces forming a salient angle, constructed beyond the main ditch and in front of the curtain.

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A ravelin is a v shaped fortification used to protect the entrance of a fort.

noun

A temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defences.

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The british stormed the rebel redoubt

noun

Something that holds or defends a belief or a way of life, especially one that is disappearing or threatened

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He described british public schools as "the last redoubt of upper-class privilege".

noun

A barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals.

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They built stockades around their towns

verb

Enclose (an area) by erecting a stockade.

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They fortified themselves strongly and stockaded the city

noun

A place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack.

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Their mountain strongholds fell to enemy attack

noun

A place that is well defended or is a center for particular beliefs or activities

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Bears could return to the area that was once their last stronghold in texas., that county has alway…