buttress
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- n a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
- v reinforce with a buttress
- v make stronger or defensible
buttress your thesis
- The prosecution said that their case was buttressed on irrefutable evidence and this time around they had their man.
- Ruth buttressed her charge of blackmail with the tapes of her conversation with the blackmailer.
- After an thorough investigation, the inspectors discovered that the weak buttress was the cause for the buildings collapse.