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Definition:
  • the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food);
  • defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it;
  • the art or science of strengthening defenses;

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    Hyponyms: bastion, bunker, dugout, castle, defilade, entrenchment, intrenchment, escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment, fieldwork, lunette, Maginot Line, palisade, parapet, breastwork, Siegfried line, stockade

     

    Derivational Morphology: fortify, strengthen, beef up, spike, lace, fort, arm, build up, gird

     

    Anagrams: fractionation, confrontation, nitrification

     
     
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