stronghold
fortaleza
definition
noun
World War I saw the evolution of a new fortification setup combining field strongholds with fortresses.
a place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack.
translation of 'stronghold'
noun
praça forte,
reduto,
baluarte,
fortaleza,
cidadela,
bastião
example
Ganesh and Rohit hope to capitalise on their 'stronghold' of creativity and use of actual sounds.
It has been deployed to fill in for American combat troops required for the attack on the rebel 'stronghold' .
In fact, the Foreign Ministry has been a 'stronghold' of fascist continuity.
Government troops recently violated a ceasefire, attacking a rebel 'stronghold' in the north.
If Brocade is to protect its 'stronghold' there, it too needs to offer an end-to-end solution.
a Republican 'stronghold'
California has the undeserved reputation of being a liberal 'stronghold' , a land of progressive new ideas.
They were able to build a fortified town and a 'stronghold' they called a vault in case of an assault.
No, there'll be no libelling their 'stronghold' as the ‘land of rain’, true as it may be.
a Labour 'stronghold'
The contemporary music scene was the 'stronghold' of disco and stadium rock, the two bland ends of a narrow spectrum.
The middle and upper end of the market continues to be a 'stronghold' of independent agencies such as Strutt & Parker and its peers.
His right wing PAN party lost legislative seats and governorships in places long considered PAN 'strongholds' .
However, the party failed to progress beyond its regional 'strongholds' even after it had reshaped itself into the Canadian Alliance.
We are taking the fight into the 'strongholds' of the enemy, and we are dealing the enemy blow after blow, damaging it daily.
World War I saw the evolution of a new fortification setup combining field 'strongholds' with fortresses.
The government deployed additional military forces to attack terrorist 'strongholds' .
The system of defense positions is built on a combination of 'strongholds' , ambushes, fire pockets, and armor group positions.
They appeared to drive the enemy from the capital within days and then mounted attacks on rebel 'strongholds' elsewhere.
The charter references to ‘fortress-work’ imply fortified 'strongholds' rather than dykes.
By this time, they had gained control over all the bastions, 'strongholds' and fortifications surrounding the city.
We will discover Nature's secret 'strongholds' .
Their 'strongholds' lie in the cities in which many students, academics, civil servants and public employees live.
He has been to Democrat 'strongholds' , Republican bastions and across the battleground states of the Midwest.
But Republicans also lost ground in some traditional 'strongholds' .
It is why the pro-choice side is losing ground now outside its 'strongholds' on the coasts.
At the same time opposition forces began building fortified 'strongholds' in hard-to-access mountainous areas.
By invoking prohibitions in this way the nation seeks to establish universally acknowledged 'strongholds' .
The worst slums tend to vote overwhelmingly Democratic, and the fanciest suburbs tend to be Republican 'strongholds' .
Moreover, trade union 'strongholds' in the public sector are further threatened by ongoing privatisation.
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