Converse of object

• fortify: It is protected by a fortified citadel built on a rocky promontory.

• storm: He's not, setting out afresh in his late fifties, intent on storming the citadels of yesteryear.

• build: There they built a citadel, a sacred round tower on Rhode Island.

• visit: Further south we visit the imperial citadel of Chan Chan.

• take: It would seem that we took the citadel by breech in 1761.

• have: Gezer had only a citadel surrounded by a casemate wall covering a small area.

Converse of subject

• crown: Day 1: arrival in Forcalquier, a medieval market town crowned by a citadel which affords sweeping views over the surrounding countryside.

Adjective modifier

• walled: There is a Neolithic walled citadel with three rings of walls.

• medieval: The mysterious Dracula House is situated inside the walls of this medieval citadel.

• ancient: Figure 2: View of Hasankeyf from the top of the ancient citadel, looking downstream toward the proposed location of the Ilisu dam.

• old: On the southeastern tip of the walled city, the old citadel stands on a hill.

• large: Part of remains of the large citadel built around mid 1650s.

• great: The Uganda Virus Research Institute is possibly Africa's greatest citadel of HIV studies.

Modifies a noun

• wall: Parts of the citadel walls appear to have late antique remains at their base.

Noun used with modifier

• century: The old town is sited on an imposing 9th century citadel, built on top of a peninsula overlooking the Mediteranean Sea.

Preposition: of

• power: We have been too busy making the world a better, richer place to spend time infiltrating the citadels of power.

• science: Once allowed into the citadel of science, runs the argument, subjectivity would turn all research into glorified Lit.

• music: Yet in 1933 Wagner's extremist program became state policy in the citadels of classical music.

• grace: The acceptance of the dark force in nature allows us to build citadels of grace.

Preposition: by

• breech: It would seem that we took the citadel by breech in 1761.