buttressing

Definitions

The act of providing structural support or reinforcement to a wall or building.

The process of strengthening or bolstering an argument, theory, or position with evidence.

Examples

The architect focused on buttressing the crumbling stone walls to ensure the cathedral's structural integrity.

He spent the entire afternoon buttressing his argument with additional statistics and expert testimony.

The government is buttressing the local economy by providing subsidies to small businesses in the region.

Synonyms

supporting reinforcing strengthening bracing fortifying upholding bolstering

Antonyms

weakening undermining destabilizing debilitating crippling enfeebling compromising