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- noun Plural form of
fortress .
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Examples
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One of Bar Elohim's fortresses is called a "papal compound" (p. 161), even though Bar Elohim is nowhere called pope.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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One of Bar Elohim's fortresses is called a "papal compound" (p. 161), even though Bar Elohim is nowhere called pope.
August Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy Blog Tour: Broken Angel 2008
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Kaiser, glowing with generous warmth, celebrated the occasion by releasing and handsomely pardoning three of those very British "spies" to whose incarceration in German fortresses (Sabre recalled) the intense
If Winter Comes 1925
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Anticipating the inevitable outbreak of hostilities, Louis proceeded to violate the treaty of Ryswick by seizing the "barrier" fortresses from the Dutch and by recognizing the son of James II as king of England.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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And he pictured to himself the cattle cars into which they would be crowded for transportation, the discomforts and humiliations they would have to suffer on the journey, the dismal life in German fortresses under the leaden, wintry sky.
The Downfall ��mile Zola 1871
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The fortresses were the refuge, the lodging of an army which was not in the service of the people.
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These statements are true even of the so-called fortresses, of the cavate lodges, of the cliff ruins, and of many of the large village ruins scattered over the southwestern portion of the United States.
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It is true that within the limits of the pueblo region structures are found which, from their character and the character of their sites, have been loosely described as fortresses, their describers losing sight of the fact that the adaptability of these structures to defense is the result of nature and not of art.
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He noticed, with quick eye, the great failing in these native fortresses, that is, the want of storage for water.
The Life of Captain James Cook Kitson, Arthur 1907
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Is Hauck worthy enough to go up against the modern day "fortresses" of people far more powerful and connected than he is?
Andrew Gross: A Vicious Case of Retribution for Andrew Gross 2009
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