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buttress, buttressing(verb)

a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

buttress(verb)

reinforce with a buttress

"Buttress the church"

buttress(verb)

make stronger or defensible

"buttress your thesis"

something or someone to which one looks for support

the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times

a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else

after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress

to hold up or serve as a foundation for

a brace buttressed the wall

to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)

a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case

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