stronghold
పట్టు
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.
example
The middle and upper end of the market continues to be a 'stronghold' of independent agencies such as Strutt & Parker and its peers.
a Labour 'stronghold'
They were able to build a fortified town and a 'stronghold' they called a vault in case of an assault.
In fact, the Foreign Ministry has been a 'stronghold' of fascist continuity.
Ganesh and Rohit hope to capitalise on their 'stronghold' of creativity and use of actual sounds.
The contemporary music scene was the 'stronghold' of disco and stadium rock, the two bland ends of a narrow spectrum.
No, there'll be no libelling their 'stronghold' as the ‘land of rain’, true as it may be.
It has been deployed to fill in for American combat troops required for the attack on the rebel 'stronghold' .
California has the undeserved reputation of being a liberal 'stronghold' , a land of progressive new ideas.
Government troops recently violated a ceasefire, attacking a rebel 'stronghold' in the north.
a Republican 'stronghold'
If Brocade is to protect its 'stronghold' there, it too needs to offer an end-to-end solution.
Cadeyrn was gone from the palace for days at a time, visiting forts along the coast and the 'strongholds' of his warlords.
However, the party failed to progress beyond its regional 'strongholds' even after it had reshaped itself into the Canadian Alliance.
He demonstrated the value of infantry 'strongholds' , when they were properly supported, to inhibit enemy armoured thrusts.
The charter references to ‘fortress-work’ imply fortified 'strongholds' rather than dykes.
For reformers all along the rhetorical spectrum, red-light districts were the 'strongholds' of organized vice.
We are taking the fight into the 'strongholds' of the enemy, and we are dealing the enemy blow after blow, damaging it daily.
Successive English 'strongholds' have fallen to outsiders.
We will discover Nature's secret 'strongholds' .
The use of dummy 'strongholds' and targets can minimize fire impact of an attacking enemy force 20 percent to 30 percent.
His right wing PAN party lost legislative seats and governorships in places long considered PAN 'strongholds' .
They appeared to drive the enemy from the capital within days and then mounted attacks on rebel 'strongholds' elsewhere.
But Republicans also lost ground in some traditional 'strongholds' .
Moreover, trade union 'strongholds' in the public sector are further threatened by ongoing privatisation.
At the same time opposition forces began building fortified 'strongholds' in hard-to-access mountainous areas.
It is why the pro-choice side is losing ground now outside its 'strongholds' on the coasts.
Both countries are Labour 'strongholds' and the party would have expected to dominate under first-past-the-post electoral systems.
He tried without success to attack the Frankish 'strongholds' while the Crusader army was pinned down in Egypt.
Traditional 'strongholds' in western regions have also experienced big rises.
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