A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town.
1 Hecht thought these family fortresses might be worth consideration in the Collegium.
2 The island fortresses extend the range of combat aircraft, ships and missiles.
3 Thus, they are never found in North Italy, even in the fortresses .
4 The whole of the Dutch fortresses surrendered, the French garrisons flying panic-stricken.
5 Instead of attacking fortresses , he acted in conformity to the above-mentioned precepts.
6 Nothing remains of it but the walls of its fortresses and palaces.
7 The great fortresses on the border must hereafter contain only nominal garrisons.
8 Building concrete fortresses at strategic centers and storing smuggled arms in them.
9 The maritime fortresses and coaling-stations should all be capable of defending themselves.
10 As a masked killer, you must traverse a number of foreboding fortresses .
11 Like a chain of fortresses in war, they mutually command each other.
12 These Prussian fortresses were retained by Napoleon at the treaty of Tilsit.
13 Carthagena stood next to St. Domingo among the Spanish West Indian fortresses .
14 The Syrian convents are built more like fortresses than like peaceful dwellings.
15 They were like steel fortresses , and no Russian tank could equal them.
16 Within a few months it will be one of my strongest fortresses .
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Fortresses в диалектах
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