: a fortified place : stronghold
especially
: a large and permanent fortification sometimes including a town
Examples of fortress in a Sentence
the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight
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Marshaling a dozen increasingly precious armored vehicles, the Russians attacked toward the fortress city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine.
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David Axe, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
But the Kremlin is trying to restore momentum to its faltering assault on the fortress city of Pokrovsk—and marshalled a dozen armored vehicles including at least one modern T-90M tank.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The tower’s slender triangles look diaphanous from a distance, but from the sidewalk the building resembles a fortress, with a 186-foot concrete-and-steel base safeguarding the 94 stories above from bombings.
—David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Much of what ensues takes place at the boss’s preposterously grandiose lodge — nay, castlelike fortress — tucked in wilderness and protected by armed guards.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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David Axe, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
But the Kremlin is trying to restore momentum to its faltering assault on the fortress city of Pokrovsk—and marshalled a dozen armored vehicles including at least one modern T-90M tank.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The tower’s slender triangles look diaphanous from a distance, but from the sidewalk the building resembles a fortress, with a 186-foot concrete-and-steel base safeguarding the 94 stories above from bombings.
—David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Much of what ensues takes place at the boss’s preposterously grandiose lodge — nay, castlelike fortress — tucked in wilderness and protected by armed guards.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fortress
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“Fortress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortress. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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fortress
noun
for·tress
ˈfȯr-trəs 
: a fortified place
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