Stronghold
['strɔŋhold]
Definition
(n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fort, fortress, castle, citadel, fortification, fastness, keep, bulwark, donjon, muniment, fortified place.
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Examples
- Since the beginning of time, little by little, stone by stone, have the therns been ever adding to the defences of their stronghold. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was better to fight him outside of his stronghold than in it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was now in the enemy's country, with a vast river and the stronghold of Vicksburg between me and my base of supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They had driven a portion of that army from Port Gibson with considerable loss, after having flanked them out of their stronghold at Grand Gulf. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He laid siege to the Byzantine stronghold of Durazzo. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They made an unsuccessful siege of Lilyb?um, the chief surviving Carthaginian stronghold in Sicily. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We even steamed recklessly by the frowning fortress of Malabat (a stronghold of the Emperor of Morocco) without a twinge of fear. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What weapons are there in your stronghold? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Such local nobles would assemble bands of retainers and build themselves strongholds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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