strongpoint
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈstrɔŋˌpɔɪnt/
- Specialized
:
punto fuerte
- German troops alone will bear the sole responsibility for the maintenance of law and order throughout the occupied Russian territories, and a system of military strongpoints must be evolved to cover the entire occupied country.
- fortified strongpoint
- hold the strongpoint
- German strongpoint
Examples
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We're going to hold the perimeter and we're going to hold the strongpoint.
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This assumption soon transformed itself into a conception of "strongpoint defense," which Gaddis defines as a "concentration on the defense of particular regions, and means of access to them, rather than on the defense of fixed lines."
Academic text (1990) -
The objective of "strongpoint" defense... was not so much control as denial: the American interest was not to dominate other power centers itself, but to see to it that no one else did either.
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The Atlantic Wall was a series of fortified concrete strongpoints.
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"We witnessed the horse cavalry bounding "from spur to spur to attack Taliban strongpoints.
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Our troops were ordered to defend the strongpoint at all costs during the enemy assault.
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The generals decided to fortify the key strongpoints to better protect the region from invasion.
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He was assigned to lead the assault on the enemy's primary strongpoint located on the hill.
Synonyms
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8.1
A defended position where soldiers stand during fighting
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2.3
A strong building where soldiers live to defend an area
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7.7
A strong fortress near a city where people shelter during war
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3.9
A place or situation that protects people from danger
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4.7
A place where soldiers stay to fight or defend
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9.9
A strong, protected place where people hide during an attack
A protected place where people hide to be safe from attack
Antonyms
How Defended
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Strongpoint comes from the parts strong and point, where point means 'place' or 'position' and strong means 'well protected'. Imagine a small fort or high spot on a battlefield that is hard to take — that is a strongpoint. That's why a strongpoint is a place that is heavily defended.