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fortifiable

Variant of fortify

transitive verb fortified, fortifying

  1. to make strong or stronger; strengthen physically, emotionally, etc.
  2. to strengthen against attack, as by building or furnishing with forts, walls, etc.
  3. to support; corroborate: to fortify an argument with statistics
  4. to strengthen (wine, etc.) by adding alcohol
  5. to add vitamins, minerals, etc. to (milk, etc.) so as to increase the food value; enrich

intransitive verb

to build military defenses

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