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refortification
noun[ U or C ]
(alsore-fortification)uk /ˌriː.fɔː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌriː.fɔːr.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of fortifying something (= making it stronger, especially in order to protect it) for a second, third, etc. time:
Further refortification came in the 1580s, when the town was considered to be in the frontline against a possible attack.
He advocated a policy of commercial development combined with the re-fortification of a vastly expanded city.
Cairo's medieval history is the product of several urban relocations, refortifications, and competing religious communities.
Reorganization of defences from the late third century onward produced defence road networks as well as a massive re-fortification of the frontiers.
The site was defended by walls on the north, east, and south sides, the line of which was followed in later medieval refortification.
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boil up
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cement
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restrengthen
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soup
soup something up
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