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buttress

/ buttress /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

Type of:

support

Kinds of:

flying buttress arc-boutant

verb Sense 2

make stronger or defensible

"buttress your thesis"

Type of:

strengthen beef up fortify

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s on something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 3

reinforce with a buttress

"Buttress the church"

Type of:

reinforce reenforce

Derived:

buttressing

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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