"buttress" in the noun sense
1. buttress, buttressing
a support usually of stone or brick supports the wall of a building
"buttress" in the verb sense
1. buttress
reinforce with a buttress
"Buttress the church"
2. buttress
make stronger or defensible
"buttress your thesis"
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