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{arms = weaponry} : palisade
• (stronghold)- a fortified place or a fortress; The army then set forward
along the coast toward the Russian stronghold, the fleet accompanying it by
sea. — Queen Victoria;
• (bastion)- Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification
that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work,
( ); Your bastion is to be stormed
this afternoon previous to the general assault. — White Lies;
• (citadel)- any strongly fortified place; stronghold, ( ); This citadel is a
microcosm of what the world might be, if men were reasonable. — South
Wind;
• (garrison)- a military post, especially one that is permanently established;
All the officers of the garrison were at once arrested. — The Rise of the Dutch
Republic — Complete (1555-84);
• (fort)- a fortified place or position stationed with troops; As the fort was
approached, its garrison--which consisted of 100 local militia--were formed
up, in two lines, at a mosque outside the fort.;
• (fortification)- the act of fortifying or strengthening, (
); Chapultepec is a natural fortification, rising one hundred and fifty
feet above the valley. — General Scott;
• (munitions)- materials used in war, esp. weapons and ammunition, (
, , ); The plan of
sending an armed vessel with munitions was abandoned. — Life and Times of
Washington;
• (weaponry)- weapons considered as a group; But despite their determination
and their murderous weaponry, they were not trained soldiers. — Dirge;
• (palisade)- a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for
enclosure or defense, ( , ); On one of these
occasions Teresa determined to imitate them, so she hid behind the palisade,
and spent the day in prayer. — The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the
Incarnation;
impasse = stalemate {checkmate} = standstill = deadlock : gridlock
• (impasse)- a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock,
( ; ); Pakistan
refused to allow that and as a result of the impasse, there is currently no
reference to these terror attacks. — The Times of India;
• (stalemate)- deadlock, ( ); That ended in a stalemate,
though, because of the intervention of that bizarre entity you call Ghostwheel.