0 to make something stronger, especially in order to protect it:
1 to strengthen something, esp. in order to protect it:
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.
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~を要塞(さい)化する, (人)を(肉体的、精神的に)強くする…
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