Fortress
Fortress noun - A structure or place from which one can resist attack.
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Guard and fortress are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guard" instead a noun "Fortress".
Nearby Word: fort
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Optional Stealth: To reach the Arbiter's Grounds, Link must pass through the Bokoblin Compound, a mini-fortress/guard station.
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Upon locating the artifact—a large hammer, supposedly tied to the Norse goddess Skadi—and learning that he is incapable of lifting it, the Skull has the Thule Society seal it away in a fortress and guard it with their lives.
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A lone, injured guard escaped and walked to the nearby fortress of Midenhall Castle.
Source: Video Game / Dragon Quest II
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