"elaborate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Fort Magruder, actually an elaborate but earthen fortification, was named for General Magruder.
- They march clear to the Temple, but are stymied by its elaborate fortifications.
- The inhabitants of the larger towns typically protected them with elaborate fortifications, including walls and palisades, pit traps and trenches.
- Model's assault was a failure, as Ninth Army quickly became enmeshed in the elaborate Soviet fortifications.
- In the 18th and 19th centuries the town was crowded with public houses and was set in elaborate fortifications protecting it from a landward attack.
- Fort Cumberland was, for its time and type, a large, elaborate fortification.
- Semi-permanent or permanent base camps contained more elaborate fortification (Defensive tactics).
- During the Iran-Iraq war, Baghdad's forces constructed elaborate fortifications, used chemical weapons, and held the Republican Guards in reserve to counterattack Iranians troops who pentrated the barriers.
- Today, the two medieval stone towers still stand: Tour de la Chaine, a squat cylinder, and Tour St. Nicholas, a taller, more elaborate fortification.
- Following the invasion Normans rapidly constructed motte-and-bailey castles, and in a burst of building activity built churches and abbeys, as well as more elaborate fortifications including Norman stone keeps.
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