Synonym of the word BULWARK

n. A defensive wall or rampart.
n. A defense or safeguard.
n. A breakwater.
n. (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces…
v. (transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
v. (transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

n. A structure that bars passage.
n. An obstacle or impediment.
n. A boundary or limit.
n. (grammar) A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it…
n. (physiology) A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain…

n. a construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for…
n. (nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows…
n. On beaches: a wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the…

v. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
v. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
v. (transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
v. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
v. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
v. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing…
v. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did…
v. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.

n. a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a …

n. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the…
n. The area adjoining this fold or depression.
n. (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults.
n. (euphemistic) The genitals.
n. (geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
v. To deliver a blow to the genitals.
v. (architecture) To build with groins.
v. To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
n. Alternative spelling of groyne.

n. A (usually wooden) structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.;…

n. A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor…
n. A wharf or dock extending from the shore.
n. (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To jut out; to project.
adj. (archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.

n. A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
n. Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
n. Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
n. (espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially…
n. A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines.
n. A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through…
n. A moll, a bitch, a slut.
n. (nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places…
n. (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.
n. (chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount…
n. A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
n. One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially…

n. A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of…
n. A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
n. That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
n. (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
v. To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.

n. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
n. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
n. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
n. A point of desperation.
n. A point of defeat or extinction.
n. An impediment to free movement.
n. A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera).
n. (often in combination) A barrier.
n. A barrier to vision.
n. Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
n. (anatomy, zoology, botany) A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
n. (auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a chandelier.
n. (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
n. (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
v. To enclose with a wall.
v. (with "in") To enclose by surrounding with walls.
v. (with "off") To separate with a wall.
v. (with "up") To seal with a wall.
v. To boil.
v. To well, as water; spring.
n. (chiefly dialectal) A spring of water.
n. (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
interj. (US) Eye dialect spelling of well.

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