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Antonyms for buttress
ˈbʌ trɪsbut·tress
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term buttress.
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buttressnoun
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counterfortbuttressnoun
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
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counterfortbuttressnoun
To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
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counterfortbuttressnoun
A buttress-root.
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counterfortbuttressnoun
A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.
Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress, Hourglass Buttress, Kardam Buttress, Seven Buttresses
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counterfort
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Princeton's WordNet
buttress, buttressingverb
a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
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buttressingbuttressverb
reinforce with a buttress
"Buttress the church"
buttressverb
make stronger or defensible
"buttress your thesis"
How to use buttress in a sentence?
One important aspect of this study was that having a sense of control and support from friends helped mitigate the impact of long-term caring for a child with a disability, overall, their findings buttress the need for family support services and supports for families of individuals with disabilities.
The boulder that is decline is much bigger in size and rolling much faster than before, we've got very few rigs to buttress the rate of decline.
The US has boxed itself into a corner on Huawei, with all the rhetoric coming fast and furious, but nothing to... buttress it, like evidence [ or ] an executive order.
Find a name-brand person with integrity to buttress what the company is doing.
Regenerative medicine is not trying to create the bionic man but to harness the healing powers of the human body and buttress them.
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