renforcer

Meaning

to strengthen, to reinforce

Example

The city strengthened security around schools after the incident.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 39 of them.

More words at level B2

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• seuil threshold
• socle foundation, base
• souligner to stress, to underline

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