A strongly fortified defensive structure.
An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes.
1 The murdered; the royal stronghold is in the hands of the babe-killers.
2 Hospital authorities said 20 people were injured in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold .
3 Soldiers are advancing on the militants' main stronghold area from three directions.
4 Common sense told him the Sheik's stronghold would be higher, not lower.
5 Tripoli, historically a stronghold for Sunni Islamism, is seen as particularly vulnerable.
6 Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives lost power in a regional stronghold on Sunday.
7 Meanwhile, his imposing physique and good heading made him a defensive stronghold .
8 This fortified her; this was her stronghold ; this united her to God.
9 The attack came days after Isis fled from its stronghold of Falluja.
10 The attack happened in the Ardoyne, a republican stronghold in north Belfast.
11 Thou art My stronghold ; enter therein that thou mayest abide in safety.
12 He fussed over the furnishings of his new stronghold : Were they adequate?
13 In addition, pickups remain a lucrative stronghold for Detroit automakers, including Chrysler.
14 The city is a stronghold for supporters of the government Prayuth ousted.
15 And the United States Senate was deemed the stronghold of the interests.
16 Rapp found himself in a stronghold which was strong in theory only.
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