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[ verb ] support by placing against something solid or rigid
Examples "shore and buttress an old building" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor...)But for the United_States and its SEATO allies to attempt to shore_up a less tough , less combat-tested government army in monsoon-shrouded , road-shy , guerrilla-th ' - wisp terrain is a risk not savored by Pentagon planners . (Arthur S. Miller, "Toward a Concept of National...)Operating side_by_side , together they helped shore_up the nation-state . |
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