Phrases with «bulwark»

The word "bulwark" means a strong protective barrier or defense against something, like a wall that shields or guards from danger. Full definition

Sentences with «bulwark»

  • It was also meant to be a sort of bulwark against what some in the industry saw as over-aggressive attempts by Microsoft to turn Windows into a walled software garden cutting Steam out of the future. (quartertothree.com)
  • As social institutions they are more important as bulwarks of achieved social values than as instruments of change. (religion-online.org)
  • Scientists report in today's Nature that carbon dioxide speeds the formation of tiny clumps of soil that act as bulwarks against erosion — and possibly as miniature storehouses for moisture and nutrients. (sciencemag.org)
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