All garrisoning synonyms

verb garrisoning

• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• contend — If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• retain — to keep possession of.
• safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
• secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
• shield — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
• uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
• avert — If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
• battle — A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
• bulwark — A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.
• cherish — If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time.
• conserve — If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• entrench — Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
• espouse — Adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).
• fortify — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
• foster — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
• garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
• hedge — a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
• house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
• insure — to guarantee against loss or harm.
• mine — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
• nourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
• save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
• screen — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
• shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
• sustain — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
• war — a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
• watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• beat off — to drive back; repel
• look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• panoply — a wide-ranging and impressive array or display: the dazzling panoply of the maharaja's procession; the panoply of European history.
• stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
• take in — the act of taking.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
• brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
• build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
• buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
• consolidate — If you consolidate something that you have, for example power or success, you strengthen it so that it becomes more effective or secure.