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- palisade
collapse - fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground related words >
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- arm,
- armor,
- armor-plate,
- balistraria,
- bank,
- banquette,
- bar,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battle,
- battlement,
- blockade,
- bluff,
- breastwork,
- bulkhead in,
- bulwark,
- casemate,
- castellate,
- cheval-de-frise,
- circumvallation,
- cliff,
- contravallation,
- counterscarp,
- crag,
- crenellate,
- curtain,
- demibastion,
- dig in,
- dike,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- embattle,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- entrench,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- face,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- fortify,
- garrison,
- glacis,
- hedge,
- hem,
- leg,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- man,
- man the garrison,
- mantelet,
- merlon,
- mine,
- mound,
- outwork,
- pale,
- palisades,
- parados,
- parapet,
- peg,
- picket,
- pile,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- precipice,
- rail,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- sally port,
- scar,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- shank,
- spile,
- stake,
- steep,
- stockade,
- tenaille,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- wall,
- work
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- balistraria,
- bank,
- banquette,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battlement,
- bevel,
- bezel,
- bluff,
- breastwork,
- bulwark,
- casemate,
- cheval-de-frise,
- chute,
- circumvallation,
- cliff,
- contravallation,
- counterscarp,
- crag,
- curtain,
- demibastion,
- dike,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- easy slope,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- face,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- fleam,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- gentle slope,
- glacis,
- grade,
- gradient,
- hanging gardens,
- helicline,
- hillside,
- inclination,
- incline,
- inclined plane,
- launching ramp,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- mantelet,
- merlon,
- mound,
- outwork,
- palisade,
- palisades,
- parados,
- parapet,
- pitch,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- precipice,
- ramp,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- sally port,
- scar,
- sconce,
- shelving beach,
- side,
- slope,
- steep,
- steep slope,
- stiff climb,
- stockade,
- talus,
- tenaille,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- wall,
- work
- a wise passiveness,
- abstention,
- anythingarianism,
- avoidance,
- avoiding reaction,
- circumvention,
- contemplation,
- contemplative life,
- cop-out,
- defense mechanism,
- do-nothing policy,
- do-nothingism,
- do-nothingness,
- dodge,
- dormancy,
- duck,
- elusion,
- elusiveness,
- equivocation,
- escape,
- evasion,
- evasive action,
- evasiveness,
- fence-sitting,
- forbearance,
- forestalling,
- forestallment,
- getting around,
- idleness,
- immobility,
- impartiality,
- inaction,
- inactivity,
- independence,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- jink,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- meditation,
- mugwumpery,
- mugwumpism,
- neutralism,
- neutrality,
- neutralness,
- nonalignment,
- noncommitment,
- nonintervention,
- nonparticipation,
- nonpartisanism,
- nonresistance,
- nonviolence,
- nonviolent resistance,
- nothingarianism,
- pacifism,
- paralysis,
- passive resistance,
- passive self-annihilation,
- passiveness,
- passivism,
- passivity,
- policy,
- prevention,
- procrastination,
- quiescence,
- quietism,
- refraining,
- shunning,
- shunting off,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- sidetracking,
- slip,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- standpattism,
- stasis,
- strict neutrality,
- the runaround,
- vegetation,
- vita contemplativa,
- waiting game,
- watching and waiting,
- zigzag
- fortification
collapse
- 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 related words >
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- affirmation,
- attestation,
- authentication,
- backing,
- backing up,
- balistraria,
- bank,
- banquette,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battlement,
- bearing out,
- bolstering,
- breastwork,
- bulwark,
- buttressing,
- case hardening,
- casemate,
- certification,
- cheval-de-frise,
- circumstantiation,
- circumvallation,
- confirmation,
- contravallation,
- corroboration,
- corroboratory evidence,
- counterscarp,
- curtain,
- demibastion,
- dike,
- documentation,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- enclosure,
- enrichment,
- entanglement,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- fortalice,
- glacis,
- hardening,
- invigoration,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- mantelet,
- merlon,
- mound,
- outwork,
- palisade,
- parados,
- parapet,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- proof,
- proving,
- proving out,
- rampart,
- ratification,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- refreshment,
- reinforcement,
- reinvigoration,
- restoration,
- restrengthening,
- revivification,
- sally port,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- stockade,
- strengthening,
- substantiation,
- support,
- supporting evidence,
- tempering,
- tenaille,
- undergirding,
- validation,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- verification,
- vitaminization,
- work
- defend
collapse
- argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
- be on the defensive; act against an attack
- protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant" related words >
- account,
- advocate,
- air,
- allege in support,
- answer,
- argue,
- argue for,
- arm,
- armor,
- assert,
- avert,
- back,
- battle,
- bless,
- bulwark,
- champion,
- claim,
- cloak,
- compass about,
- conserve,
- contend,
- contend for,
- copyright,
- counter,
- cover,
- cushion,
- ensure,
- espouse,
- explain,
- express,
- fence,
- fend,
- fend off,
- fight,
- fight for,
- flank,
- fortify,
- guarantee,
- guard,
- guard against,
- harbor,
- haven,
- insure,
- justify,
- keep,
- keep from harm,
- keep safe,
- maintain,
- make a plea,
- make safe,
- nestle,
- oppose,
- parry,
- patent,
- plead for,
- police,
- preserve,
- prevent,
- protect,
- rationalize,
- rebut,
- refute,
- register,
- reply,
- resist,
- respond,
- ride shotgun for,
- riposte,
- safeguard,
- save,
- say in defense,
- screen,
- secure,
- shelter,
- shield,
- shroud,
- speak for,
- speak up for,
- stand by,
- stand up for,
- stick up for,
- support,
- sustain,
- underwrite,
- uphold,
- urge reasons for,
- utter,
- vent,
- vindicate,
- voice,
- war,
- ward,
- ward off,
- warrant,
- watch over,
- withstand
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