The Italian government may turn to the army to buttress the police in enforcing a dramatic "stay-at-home" order imposed Monday by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to try to retard the spread of the coronavirus contagion.
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Buttress
//ˈbʌtɹɪs//
Synonyms for "buttress" (158 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (79)
holdhold upinspireinvigoratejettyjockjockstrapjuttykeepkeep afloatkeep uplend supportmainstaymaintainmaintainermastmolenecknervepier
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Verb(1 words)
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8 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
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13 entriesTranslations
121 translations across 25 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- հենարան noun (anything that serves to support something)
- նեցուկ noun (anything that serves to support something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- контрафорс noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- опора noun (anything that serves to support something)
- подпора noun (anything that serves to support something)
- рид noun (feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff)
Catalan
1 entries- contrafort noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Czech
2 entries- opora noun (anything that serves to support something)
- opěrný pilíř noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Dutch
4 entries- beer noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- steun noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- steun noun (anything that serves to support something)
- steunbeer noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Finnish
4 entries- tuki noun (anything that serves to support something)
- tukipilari noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- tukea verb (support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress)
- tukea verb (support something or someone by supplying evidence)
French
4 entries- appui noun (anything that serves to support something)
- arc-boutant noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- contrefort noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- corroboration noun (anything that serves to support something)
Galician
1 entries- contraforte noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
German
4 entries- Abstützung noun (anything that serves to support something)
- Aussteifung noun (anything that serves to support something)
- Felsenspitze noun (feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff)
- Felsspitze noun (feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff)
Greek
1 entries- αντηρίδα noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Italian
4 entries- contrafforte noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- contrafforti noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- corroborazione noun (anything that serves to support something)
- sperone noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Latin
1 entries- erisma noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Macedonian
4 entries- контрафор noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- потпора noun (anything that serves to support something)
- потпорка noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- поддржува verb (support something or someone by supplying evidence)
Māori
3 entries- hirinaki noun (anything that serves to support something)
- kaumahaki noun (anything that serves to support something)
- whirinaki noun (anything that serves to support something)
Norwegian
4 entries- støtte noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- støtte noun (anything that serves to support something)
- støtte verb (support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress)
- understøtte verb (support something or someone by supplying evidence)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- پاینده noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- پاینده noun (anything that serves to support something)
Polish
2 entries- podpora noun (anything that serves to support something)
- przypora noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Portuguese
4 entries- anteparo noun (anything that serves to support something)
- apoio noun (anything that serves to support something)
- botaréu noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- contraforte noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Romanian
1 entries- contrafort noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Russian
3 entries- контрфорс noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- опо́ра noun (anything that serves to support something)
- подпорка noun (anything that serves to support something)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- podupirač noun (anything that serves to support something)
- potporanj noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- potporanj noun (anything that serves to support something)
- podboltati verb (support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress)
Slovak
1 entries- oporný pilier noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
Spanish
4 entries- apoyo noun (anything that serves to support something)
- boterete noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- contrafuerte noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- contrafuerte noun (feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff)
Swedish
4 entries- strävpelare noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- stötta noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- stötta noun (anything that serves to support something)
- stötta verb (support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress)
Ukrainian
4 entries- контрфо́рс noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- опо́ра noun (anything that serves to support something)
- підпо́ра noun (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- підтри́мка noun (anything that serves to support something)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
After the fire, I noticed that a buttress on the east side of the cathedral was blackened with soot.
Source: tatoeba (10913275)
He used evidence to buttress his claims.
Source: tatoeba (12591751)
It was decided, therefore, to build eight concrete buttresses from the new strengthening work to safeguard the general stability of the wall along the length where the greatest movement had taken place.
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