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rampart
[ ram-pahrt, -pert ]
noun
- Fortification.
- a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet.
- such an elevation together with the parapet.
- anything serving as a bulwark or defense.
Synonyms: guard, barricade, breastwork, fortification
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with or as if with a rampart.
rampart
/ ˈræmpɑːt /
noun
- the surrounding embankment of a fort, often including any walls, parapets, walks, etc, that are built on the bank
- anything resembling a rampart in form or function, esp in being a defence or bulwark
- a steep rock wall in a river gorge
verb
- tr to provide with a rampart; fortify
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Origin of rampart1
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Example Sentences
In fact the Berlin Wall was called the Anti-Fascist Rampart, as I recall.
The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days.
And, Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson as corrupt characters in, respectively, Safe House and Rampart.
In Rampart, Woody Harrelson plays a corrupt, violent LAPD officer.
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story misstated the official release date of Rampart.
And I will make a circle round about thee, and I will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.
A white flag waved on the rampart, and the drums of the garrison beat the chamade.
Gerona had at one time been a fortress, but it was now simply covered with a feeble rampart.
In 207 onwards, Severus built a new wall along the line of Hadrian's rampart.
They reached the foot of the rampart, and by the stairway of a tower that was left unguarded, they mounted onto the curtain-wall.
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