Examples of fortify

• It is now part of the international political landscape, fortified by other courts and a galaxy of non-governmental organizations and transnational alliances.

• At this time, however, the government concentrated on fortifying relatively few but central places, especially at the frontiers and the most important ferry stations.

• Unlike floods, typhoons, or some manner of epidemics, populations cannot be publicly marshaled to 'resist' or 'fortify themselves' against the coming disaster.

• The ancient states pushed outward into these regions in order to fortify themselves against their rivals, and the unified empires continued the process.

• Today there is greater reluctance to use labour law to fortify collective industrial relations institutions.

• Similar considerations apply also to fortified sites, rich burials, and hoard-deposition sites.

• Professional groups organise themselves, and the divisions between them get fortified.

• Throughout the post-war period, they fortified the philosophical and ideological lifeblood of a movement which had gone on the defensive worldwide.