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UK
/bˈʊlwɔːk/
]
[ US /ˈbʊɫwɝk/ ]
[ US /ˈbʊɫwɝk/ ]
NOUN
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
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an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down
they stormed the ramparts of the city - a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
VERB
- defend with a bulwark
How To Use bulwark In A Sentence
- Mainland authorities are banking on consumer spending to provide a bulwark against weaker capital investment and to broaden the economy's base of growth.
- During the Cold War, the US needed Japan to act as a bulwark in Asia against the spread of communism.
- The trust lets you stand as a bulwark against any onslaughts on the papers' editorial freedom.
- In the Cold War, Western Europe was indispensable as a strategic bulwark for the US.
- They're given this bulwark of regular funding which they have come to regard as their right. Times, Sunday Times
- They're given this bulwark of regular funding which they have come to regard as their right. Times, Sunday Times
- But they also provide an important bulwark against casual bigotry. Times, Sunday Times
- There are substantial bulwarks around the side and forward decks for secure footing, and a large foredeck locker, with the anchors stowed on the bowsprit.
- Many of these vessels arrived with loss of bulwarks, boats, and galleys, and in all cases with a greater proportion of sickness and deaths than those not exposed to the fury of the gale.
- Thus, the army appeared at the time to be not merely a strong bulwark, not merely a political counterweight to the mass populism of the Hitler movement.
