outpost
avanzada
definition
noun
After the attack on the outpost , he kept the battalion moving.
a small military camp or position at some distance from the main force, used especially as a guard against surprise attack.
You do not need to be reminded that it is no longer an English organization with headquarters on the banks of the Thames and outposts scattered about the Empire on which the sun was said never to set.
a remote part of a country or empire.
translation of 'outpost'
noun
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example
There had been nothing in the clearing, so I returned to the military 'outpost' , already knowing what I would find there.
Through a volatile century of international relations beginning in the 1870s, the coastal area of this land was a military 'outpost' dedicated to the protection of the bay.
It has long been known that Eboracum was an important 'outpost' of the Roman empire.
The foursome decide to beat it out of London using Frank's taxi, in search of an army 'outpost' broadcasting the lone radio signal.
The restaurant is an 'outpost' of Arts and Crafts-style elegance.
To get this gun to the military 'outpost' , we'll need to drive.
Police said the guerrillas disarmed paramilitary troops manning the 'outpost' after a brief fire-fight.
An 'outpost' of the Inca empire, thought to have been inhabited by the Chachapoyas, has been discovered in Peru's Amazon jungle.
Even at that time, there was a bit of unrest in the area, so an army 'outpost' had been set up on the island with 14 soldiers and two of their wives.
Not bad for a city that started out as a military 'outpost' of Auckland.
the community is the last 'outpost' of civilization in the far north
The land he first visited in 1809-11 was a rugged 'outpost' of the Ottoman Empire, which had ruled the Greeks since the fifteenth century.
The countdown has begun to a celebration of York's past as a vital 'outpost' of a multi-national empire, with the city's second annual Roman Festival.
In the north, they razed a military 'outpost' to the ground.
After the attack on the 'outpost' , he kept the battalion moving.
Once in the Arctic, the eight-man team will begin a thirty-day 300-mile ski trek to the Pole from Resolute Bay, a remote 'outpost' off mainland Canada.
In its heyday, Visegrad was a major 'outpost' for the Roman Empire.
Another enemy attack captures an 'outpost' on the approaches to Hill 1220.
the community is the last 'outpost' of civilization in the far north
The blast occurred about 30 minutes ago near a military 'outpost' and appeared to have come either from a car bomb or a tunnel.
The island becomes an 'outpost' of civilization in the midst of a strange culture.
The Scottish Office, after all, was never intended to do anything other than administer a regional 'outpost' of central government.
Plus, each base has its own set of resources, and so if you want to keep troops at an 'outpost' or stronghold, you have to continually ferry food to them so they don't starve.
The other entry ports are quaint 'outposts' guarding back roads that cut across lush pasturelands and dairy farms from Canada.
He is a product of the mass movement of subjects within the colonial 'outposts' of the British Empire.
We have always said that our story is like the story of the frontier towns and the hinterland 'outposts' .
The jockeys will charge the tape and bolt to the first fence anyway, and in far flung 'outposts' of the old Empire and beyond, they'll tune in as well.
Unfortunately, when we look back over the Army's long history, that condition is not unusual-the bulk of our Army has served in distant 'outposts' throughout most of its years.
Settlements are often on hills, for they provide the best location for military 'outposts' .
There is talk of a massive fall in profits and a slump in turnover - talk that some 'outposts' of the empire were simply not performing well enough to survive.
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