Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A military stronghold.
Wiktionary
- n. military A fortified position; a stronghold
Examples
“From the standpoint of planning and terrain management, placing everything within the strongpoint is the most difficult option.”
“The 1-71 Cavalry of the 10th Mountain Division, who run this "strongpoint," offered their help.”
“Whenever his unit captured a village or strongpoint, he says, We always left a regular deck of cards — with our unit insignia on it.”
“The only strongpoint iphone has is the software, they were smart enough to allow users to create their own software and now appstore has a database of 10′s of thousands of apps.”
iPhone 3GS: The Key Australian Details | Lifehacker Australia
“It would certainly make sense for the Metropolitan police to pay close attention to Sukey: communication is not the police's strongpoint.”
“It was intended as a supply base and strongpoint against a possible French invasion of the Shenandoah Valley.”
“Evacuation of Fort Duquesne, the French strongpoint at the Forks of the Ohio, 1754–58, print after W. P. Snyder, late nineteenth century.”
“This strongpoint was like nothing he had ever seen.”
“The multitude of methods involved in taking a strongpoint - starving, mining, storming, bombardment, treachery, bribery, ruse and, most usually of all, negotiations - indicate how large a branch of conflict poliorcetics siege warfare is it is also the most important part.”
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » The Myths of Medieval Warfare
“After failing to take León, Mina entrenched himself at a nearby strongpoint called El Sombrero.”
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