Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of fortify.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. secured with bastions or fortifications
- adj. having something added to increase the strength
Examples
“The term fortified means that additional nutrients have been added to a food that weren’t there in the first place.”
“It's also in fortified dairy products and fatty fish, but few Americans — of any skin color — consume enough of those foods to meet recommendations.”
“The only ones left there are literally huddling in fortified neighborhoods.”
“Considering that these nutbags seem to be threatening governors of both parties — and may hit all 50 by the time everything gets counted up — I wonder if the Republicans and corporate media willfinally acknowledge that perhaps heavily armed loons espousing violently anti-government views while sitting in fortified compounds are potentially dangerous.”
“Not out of hatred but out of love for humanity, King condemned an American military campaign that sent its soldiers "to slaughter men, women and children" and construct "concentration camps we call fortified hamlets.”
“Scientists assumed these antioxidants were protective and that taking them as supplements or in fortified foods should decrease oxidative damage and diminish disease," he said.”
“Soon the only solid physical foundations remaining will be found at our military bases and in the concrete of the concentration camps we call fortified hamlets.”
“These are held as critical national assets in fortified facilities guarded by elite troops, and they would be extremely difficult to get at, or to buy.”
“After years of being heavily fortified from the left side (David Justice, Fred McGriff, switch-hitter Chipper Jones and Klesko), the Braves now lean heavily to the right, especially if Andres”
Rod Beaton andMel Antonen cover baseball for USATODAY.com.Cone signing will get other teams moving
“They were surrounded by NVA at a range of twenty meters in fortified positions.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fortified’.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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LIT - Iliad - key words and protagonists
abduct, abducting, abductor, Achaea, Achaean, Achilles, advise, Aegean, Aegean Sea, Aegina, aegis, Aeneas and 713 more...
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AGRI - wine sector
Terms used in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy referring to policy issues in the wine sector.
HU translations: abandoned wine-gr..., aeration, ageing, blending of wines, chaptalisation, charcoal, compulsory distil..., concentrated grap..., coupage, crisis distillation, crushed / not cru..., designation of or... and 50 more... -
Whether 'Tis Nobler: Words From Hamlet
nay, 'tis, thee, haste, ho, liegemen, o, hath, holla, entreated, apparition, tush and 104 more...
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deegee's Words
pay-per-view, vitriol, delectable, snarky, unflinching, forsake, pervasive, inconsequential, unnerving, allure, endearing, unalloyed and 414 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
Tweets
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milosrdenstvi Found on cereal boxes: "Fortified with 17 different vitamins & minerals!!" Which always makes me want to use 'fortified' in some similar yet incongruous way with something completely different, for humorous effect. Mar 20, 2009