Rampart Synonyms

răm'pärt', -pərt

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Synonyms for Rampart

earthwork
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification
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bulwark
(Nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
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defense
The act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
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barricade
The definition of a barricade is a barrier that stops the progress of something.
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embankment
The act or process of embanking
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breastwork
(Nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
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protection
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
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security
Something that gives or assures safety, tranquillity, certainty, etc.; protection; safeguard
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agger
In ancient Roman construction, an earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
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vallum
(Historical, Roman antiquity) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.
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bastion
(Figuratively) a person, or thing, who strongly defends some principle
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parapet
The definition of a parapet is a wall or wall-like structure, often used to protect troops in a battle.
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Words Related to Rampart

wall
Something resembling a wall in impenetrability or strength:
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barrier
(Ecology) A physical or biological factor that limits the migration, interbreeding, or free movement of individuals or populations.
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fortification
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
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fortress
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citadel
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mound
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glacis
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watch-tower
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rock-cut
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palisade
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machicolation
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support
Financial or other help.
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Rampart Sentence Examples

  • It is surrounded by a rampart and moat, with five gates, and contains fine palaces, temples and tombs.

  • Its ramparts are of stone, and its north rampart coincides with the great wall of Hadrian.

  • To this period also belongs the massive rampart, over o ft.

  • Two years after the rebellion of 1641 a rampart was raised round the town, pierced by four gates on the land side.

  • Here and there were large villages that had grown up about groups of houses surrounded by an earthen mound or rampart; similar groups enclosed in this manner were also to be found without any annexed hamlet.

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