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Definition of buttress verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

buttress

verb

NAmE//ˈbʌtrəs//

buttress somebody/something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they buttress

he / she / it buttresses

past simple buttressed

-ing form buttressing

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to support or give strength to someone or something The sharp increase in crime seems to buttress the argument for more police officers on the street.

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