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Noun Concept
Categories: Engineering barrages, All articles needing additional references, Military strategy, Military installations, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
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fortification  munition  field fortification  earthworks  fieldworks
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Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it WordNet 3.0
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Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A fortification is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. Wikipedia
Military construction or building designed for defense in warfare. Wikipedia Disambiguation
temporary defensive works created by troops in the field Wikidata
That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle. Wiktionary
That which fortifies. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
defensive structure
fortification
military building
architectural structure
HAS PART
abattis
banquette
barbican
bastion
battlement
+134 relations
PART OF
architecture
HAS KIND
bastion
parapet
bunker
castle
defilade
+117 relations
HAS INSTANCE
alcazar
Fort Vinton
Dymchurch Redoubt
London Defence Positions
Shornemead Fort
+936 relations
DERIVATION
fortify
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft
DIFFERENT FROM
fortress
USE
defense
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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fortification, munition
Wikipedia
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fortification
Wikidata
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field fortification, fortification
Wiktionary
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fortification
Wikipedia Redirections
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defensive works, earthworks (fortification), Festungen, field fortification, field fortifications, fieldworks, fortalice, fortalices, fortifications, fortified, fortresses, forts, history of fortification, Horn works, Military earthworks, Military fieldwork, military fort, military fortification, military fortifications, permanent fortification, Permanent fortifications, Semipermanent fortification, Semipermanent fortifications, strongholds
Wikidata Alias
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defensive works, field fortification, fortifications, military fortification, military structures, temporary fortification

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