as in rampart
a low wall at the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge
The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet.
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Recent Examples of parapet
The Upper Cliff Dwelling contains about 40 rooms, some partially intact roofs and parapet walls.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
The castle’s stately facade has been maintained throughout the centuries with masons carefully restoring its chimneys, turrets, and parapet roofs, in addition to a 15th-century stone carriage bridge.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2024
The roof drain installations did not comply with minimum requirements, and the roof again was enclosed by a parapet wall and was missing a secondary, emergency roof drain system, the report said.
—Monica Brich, arkansasonline.com, 9 Aug. 2024
The Maryland Transportation Authority bears the responsibility of removing the remaining debris, which includes large portions of highway bridge trusses, steel girders, the bridge deck and concrete parapets.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
The castle’s stately facade has been maintained throughout the centuries with masons carefully restoring its chimneys, turrets, and parapet roofs, in addition to a 15th-century stone carriage bridge.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2024
The roof drain installations did not comply with minimum requirements, and the roof again was enclosed by a parapet wall and was missing a secondary, emergency roof drain system, the report said.
—Monica Brich, arkansasonline.com, 9 Aug. 2024
The Maryland Transportation Authority bears the responsibility of removing the remaining debris, which includes large portions of highway bridge trusses, steel girders, the bridge deck and concrete parapets.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parapet
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Since the trial began, the Amazons have ventured out about three times a week to paste messages on both sides of the ramparts, but mostly concentrating on the intra-muros area near the courthouse.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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The buttery yellow ramparts encircling the center of Avignon stretch 2.6 miles and are notched with arrow slits and gaps for dumping boiling water or cooking oil on attackers below.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Aerial views from the drone revealed a roughly 1-kilometer-long fortification wall snaking around the fortress that wasn’t immediately visible to the naked eye.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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The government accomplished this by a mass increase in army personnel and a fortification program, funded by raising taxes and expanding the bureaucracy to support the larger state apparatus.Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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On the one hand, the country is an economic citadel, packed with resources and blessed by ocean borders that shield it from invasion while connecting it to global trade.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Today, this citadel in the clouds faces a different kind of conquest: nearly a million people each year are treading sacred ground at this New Wonder of the World.Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Parapet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parapet. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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