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bulwark
/ˈbʊl.wɚk/
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What does bulwark mean?
noun
- A defensive wall or rampart.
- A defense or safeguard.
- A breakwater.
More meanings (4)
noun
- The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- (figuratively) Any means of defence or security.
verb
- To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
- To provide protection of defense for something.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbʊl.wɚk/
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The inherited stupidity of the race—sound English common sense he jovially termed it—was shown to be the proper bulwark for society.
“The fool,” answered Wamba, raising the relics of a gammon of bacon, “will take care to erect a bulwark against the knave.”
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Even so the initial form of the Anthrax might well continue, not in inactivity, but in stubborn attempts to overcome the thick bulwark.
Before I could say a word, or move forward to seize him, he sprang on the bulwark and deliberately threw himself into the sea.
But the bulwark of our defense is the national militia, which in the present state of our intelligence and population must render us invincible.