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reinforce
verb as in strengthen, augment
Strongest matches
add to, bolster, boost, build up, buttress, emphasize, enlarge, fortify, increase, shore up, stress, support, underline
Strong matches
carry, energize, harden, hype, multiply, prop, stiffen, stroke, supplement, sustain, toughen
Weak matches
add fuel to fire, back up, beef up, heat up, lend a hand, pick up, pillar, prop up, punch up, soup up, stand up for
Example Sentences
The interrogation theme reinforces the subject’s rationalizations or justifications for committing the crime,” Reid and Associates explains in a bulletin titled “Common Erroneous and False Statements About the Reid Technique.”
While filming with the Jordanian army on their desert border with Syria, we saw how the soldiers had reinforced their fences and learned about their comrades who had been killed in shoot-outs with Captagon smugglers.
At the same time, HTS sought to reinforce its authority, explicitly vowing to punish anyone who defied its decree by engaging in vigilante revenge.
In his proposals, Coe reinforces previous pledges to boost youth sport, introduce "clear, science-based policies" to protect the female category amid continuing debate in sport over gender eligibility rules, and to listen to athletes.
These would be the first reported casualties since it emerged in October that North Korea had sent around 10,000 troops to reinforce Russia's war effort.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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