bolster, reinforce, undermine, debunk, refute, undercut, substantiate, justify, fortify, underscore, underline, quash, rebut, augment, illustrate, counterbalance, strengthen, dispel, discredit, corroborate, legitimize, contradict, counteract, disprove, entrench, forestall, solidify, vindicate, underpin, revive, tamp down, specious, negate, squelch, adduce, weaken, obviate, bulwark, belie, galvanize, exculpate, assert, undergird, thwart, validate, quell, rationalize, stem, counterweight, reinvigorate, suppress, allay, stoke, refutation, boost, countering, systematise, counterpoint, insulate, spur, burnish, juxtapose, shoring, elucidate, reaffirm, destabilize, erode, credence, notwithstanding, resurrect, deflect, assuage, reconstruct, energize, stifle, safeguard, stabilize, heighten, justifications, restore, preserve, eviscerate, reassert, fallacious, embellish, contrary, invigorate, emphasize, invalidate, dramatize, flimsy, disabuse, shield, marginalize, consolidate, restrain, stymie, deconstruct, controvert, buoy, impugn, exonerate, buttresses, rampart, pier, embankment, lintel, ridge, dike, moraine, abutment, breakwater, outcrop, pilaster, plank, portal, gate, piers, pillar, berm, buttressed, clustered, octagonal, braced, massy, arcade, bridge, corbelled, decorated, ivied, polygonal, precast, spar, ashlar, denuded, earthen, hexagonal, latticed, lombardic

arc-boutant, flying buttress

arc-boutant, flying buttress, pinnacle, shore

beef up, support

buttressing