Usually means: Strengthening structures against attack, erosion.
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  1. fortification: Merriam-Webster
  2. fortification: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fortification: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fortification: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fortification: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fortification, fortification: Wordnik
  7. fortification: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fortification: Wiktionary
  9. fortification: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fortification: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fortification: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Fortification, fortification: Dictionary.com
  13. fortification: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Fortification (wine), Fortification: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. fortification: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. fortification: Rhymezone
  17. fortification, fortification (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. fortification: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. fortification: FreeDictionary.org
  20. fortification: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. fortification: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Fortification: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  23. fortification: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. fortification: Legal dictionary

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  1. fortification: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fortification: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. fortification: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Fortification: Dictionary of Military Architecture
  2. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
noun:  That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
noun:  An increase in effectiveness, as by adding ingredients.
noun:  A jagged pattern sometimes seen during an attack of migraine.

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