"buttressed" in the verb sense
1. buttress
reinforce with a buttress
"Buttress the church"
2. buttress
make stronger or defensible
"buttress your thesis"
"buttressed" in the adjective sense
1. braced, buttressed
held up by braces or buttresses
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