stronghold

Converse of object

• demolish: On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
• fortify: Back to top Spanish Armada For centuries Boulogne was a heavily fortified border stronghold.
• remain: The magnificently situated Urquhart Castle, on the banks of Loch Ness, remains an impressive stronghold despite its ruinous state.
• capture: THE BATTLE FOR BILBAO Nationalists began an offensive in the North in an attempt to capture the Basque stronghold on 31 st March 1937.
• destroy: Marching his legions west to destroy the Druid strongholds, the Roman governor has left the cities of eastern Britain wide open.

Adjective modifier

• Lancastrian: On 24 June 1464, the Lancastrian stronghold of Dunstanburgh Castle also fell to the forces of Edward IV.
• insurgent: The violence across Iraq, in the last week, is apparently in response to the assault on the insurgent stronghold, Fallujah.
• Parliamentarian: With Furness being a Parliamentarian stronghold, Piel Harbor was the safest place for the fleet to anchor.
• royalist: During the English Civil War Bolton was a royalist stronghold, and was besieged and fell to Cromwell in 1645.
• rebel: A large French fleet set sail bound for London, a rebel stronghold, commanded by Eustace the Monk.
• Republican: This has caused much bad feeling in a traditionally Republican stronghold.

Noun used with modifier

• Frelimo: In the southern provinces, all regarded as Frelimo strongholds, there was no violence.
• Renamo: The larger than expected turnout is as true of Renamo strongholds such as Beira as of Frelimo ones such as Maputo.
• royalist: Bristol was captured by Prince Rupert during the Civil War the west becoming a prominent Royalist stronghold.
• rebel: A mosque in the former rebel stronghold had been rebuilt, and refugees had begun to return.
• mountain: Numerous mountain strongholds rendered the task virtually impossible for the Turks.
• enemy: If you're going into an enemy stronghold from the top, use the drill to make a quick entrance.

Possessives

• enemy: The enemy's strongholds in your life must be pulled down.

Preposition: of

• species: The fairly stable center of distribution in the southwest of the UK appears to constitute a major European stronghold of the species.

Preposition: for

• species: Scottish rivers in particular are a European stronghold for the species.