EMBANKED Synonyms

• secured with bastions or fortifications

• having something added to increase the strength

• kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss

• guarded from injury or destruction

• given added strength or support

• (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness

• (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury

• a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

• a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

• female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

• obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

• argue or speak in defense of

• be on the defensive; act against an attack

• protect against a challenge or attack

• fight against or resist strongly

• protect or fight for as a champion

• be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

• state or assert

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

• anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect

• (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure

• a difficult or awkward situation

• a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

• a layer of material that encloses space

• a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)

• an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

• surround with a wall in order to fortify