fortified town

collocation in English

meaningsoffortifyandtown

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fortify
verb[T]
uk
/ˈfɔː.tɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈfɔːr.t̬ə.faɪ/
to make something stronger, especially in order to ...
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town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than ...
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(Definition offortifyandtownfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffortified town

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It was a tiny village for centuries, but became afortifiedtownin the 15th century.
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It was afortifiedtown, and it still retains a large portion of its medieval walls and towers.
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Divided into three walled sectors, it is afortifiedtown.
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There are assumptions that the present ruins of a fortified facility above the village were part of afortifiedtownwith a church.
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It is a completelyfortifiedtownand has magnificent towers and walls.
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The new,fortifiedtownwas bell-shaped, and is still visible in the cadastral map of the city.
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At that time the most beautiful buildings arose in thisfortifiedtown.
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Honnavar was a port andfortifiedtownwith a lot of historical antiquities.
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These twelve squadrons were part of a kilombo, a temporarilyfortifiedtownsurrounded by a wooden palisade.
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At that time a number of architecturally significant buildings were constructed in thisfortifiedtown.
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There appears to have been afortifiedtownat this location since the earliest recorded history.
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Analyzing the habitation site, it was understood that people lived in afortifiedtownand it had a separate potters quarters.
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Being afortifiedtownwith a sizeable population meant that not much would need to be reconstructed.
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It carries the idea of a hill orfortifiedtown.
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Thus, it is likely that the name of this place means afortifiedtownof free citizens.
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Thefortifiedtownof about ten to fifteen thousand inhabitants shows sign of town planning.
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Construction of the monumental mausoleum and thefortifiedtownlasted about a decade, with breaks.
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But the fall of the city represented a turning point: the city ceased being afortifiedtown.
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While the air strikes were hitting thefortifiedtown, a massive explosion occurred in one of the buildings, causing a temporary lull in the fighting.
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