The Citadel
Charleston military college
The Citadel is the Military College of South Carolina, a state-supported military academy in Charleston founded in 1842.
Known for its rigorous discipline and traditions, it admitted only men until 1996.
He's a Citadel graduate.
More generally, a citadel is a fortress protecting a city, so "the citadel" may refer to any such stronghold in context.
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- bastionFortified defensive position
- fortified wallsStrengthened defensive barriers
- militaryArmed forces collectively
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The Citadelno man's land
Unowned space between enemies
curtain wall · outworks · forward positions · open country · ramparts
The Citadelopen ground
no man's land · open city · demilitarized zone · soft target
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