Pronunciation: /ˌkɑntrəvəˈleɪʃən/
noun a military strategy involving the construction of defensive walls or fortifications around a besieged city or fortress
A1 The soldiers built a contravallation to protect their camp.
A2 The ancient city was surrounded by a contravallation to defend against enemies.
B1 The military strategy involved constructing a contravallation to fortify the position.
B2 The general ordered the construction of a contravallation to strengthen the defenses of the fortress.
C1 The elaborate contravallation was a key element in the successful defense of the city.
C2 The engineers meticulously planned the contravallation to withstand any enemy siege tactics.
formal The army used contravallation tactics to surround the enemy fortress.
informal The soldiers set up contravallation walls to block off the enemy.
slang We gotta build some contravallation stuff to keep them out.
figurative Her emotional walls were like contravallation, keeping everyone at a distance.
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