📚 Fortify, verb.
🔉 /ˈfɔːtɪfʌɪ/ 🇬🇧
❓ Definition (with object): Provide (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack.
❗️ Examples:
1. The enclave has been heavily fortified in recent years.
2. He immediately set up a defensive perimeter and fortified his area.
3. I came in from the sides like a well drilled eighteenth century army attacking some fortified town in the Low Countries.
4. Achieving both can fortify a region militarily and put its economy on par with the world's best.
5. The kingdom shall be protected by fortifying the capital and the towns at the frontiers.
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