buttressed
- adjective
- /ˈbʌtrəst/
- Specialized
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reforzado
- The old church was buttressed with sturdy stone supports to withstand strong winds.
Examples
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The castle's walls were buttressed to ensure they could resist attacks from enemy forces.
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It is a, a practice that has been buttressed with the foundation of theory.
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And I think we are still at the beginning stages of understanding that, for example, science is buttressed by its instability.
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And then it was buttressed by the internal knowing that this idea is something that I can make manifest if I connect in the right way.
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But he says that Sigmund's reasoning was buttressed by too many false analogies, metaphors and strained interpretations.
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Her argument was buttressed by evidence from recent studies that reinforced her position.
Synonyms
1
3.7
Made stronger by adding extra parts or support
Extra supports like beams hold it so it does not move
Has extra support to make it stronger
Held up by something under it so it does not fall
Having tall straight posts that support or decorate a building
A place with walls and towers that protect it
Antonyms
How Supported
- Specialized
1
3.7
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Buttressed comes from an old idea of 'to push'; think of a goat that butts with its head. A buttress is a strong support that 'pushes back' against a wall to hold it up, so something buttressed is supported or made stronger.