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strong·hold
/
ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊld, ˈstrɒŋ-
/
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[
strawng
-hohld,
strong
-
]
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noun
1.
a well-fortified place; fortress.
2.
a place that serves as the center of a group, as of militants or of persons
holding
a controversial viewpoint:
The campus was a stronghold of liberalism.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English;
see
strong
,
hold
1
Synonyms
1, 2.
bulwark, bastion.
2.
home, refuge.
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stronghold
(ˈstrɒŋˌhəʊld)
—
n
1.
a defensible place; fortress
2.
a major centre or area of predominance
[C15: from
strong
+
hold
1
(in the archaic sense: a fortified place)]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
stronghold
early 15c., from
strong
(adj.) + hold (n.) "fortified place, refuge."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The refuge is a
stronghold
for populations of the endangered palmate-bracted
bird's-beak and the threatened giant garter snake.
In effect, each entrepôt carved its own
stronghold
from different niches of the
world trading system.
Insurgents soon seized the city and turned it into a strategic
stronghold
.
He was living in an insurgent
stronghold
, and any attempt to get near him could
not have been kept secret.
Should that be refused, he was to open fire on the
stronghold
.
For the time being however, fighting continues in a desperate effort to try and dislodge the rebels from their
stronghold
.
The opposition is contesting almost all parliamentary and local seats in his area-a ruling party
stronghold
.
One day there's a lethal flare-up in a mountain
stronghold
.
A castle was a
stronghold
from which its occupants could control surrounding territory.
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