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Noun: fortress  for-tris
  1. A fortified defensive structure
    "an impenetrable fortress";
    - fort

Derived forms: fortresses

Type of: defence [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defensive structure

Encyclopedia: Fortress, Lahore

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