as in stronghold
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
a massive stone redoubt at the entrance of the bay guarded the city
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Recent Examples of redoubt
Being the Mellons’ New York City redoubt, their home at 125 East 70th Street was arguably more opulent than the couple’s other residences.
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Vanity Fair,
17 Feb. 2026
One by one, Robbins and his team peeled away from their redoubt behind the Interceptor and cleared the pickups and the Wagoneers.
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Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Now his officers are under siege from all sides, and the command center at the downtown Minneapolis precinct is their redoubt.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
Appointed in 1999, Cipriani had sought to assert control over the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, widely viewed as a redoubt of liberation theology.
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Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Vanity Fair,
17 Feb. 2026
One by one, Robbins and his team peeled away from their redoubt behind the Interceptor and cleared the pickups and the Wagoneers.
—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Now his officers are under siege from all sides, and the command center at the downtown Minneapolis precinct is their redoubt.
—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
Appointed in 1999, Cipriani had sought to assert control over the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, widely viewed as a redoubt of liberation theology.
—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redoubt
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History fans should look out for the climb up to the Château de Montségur, once a stronghold of the Cathar religious rebels, and scene of a bloody siege in 1244.
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According to the indictment made public this week, the Hoovers had strongholds over specific hotels and motels in their territory, including the Stadium Inn & Spas.
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Was a wedding at that hulking fortress in Midtown Manhattan gauche?
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The footage opens with fortress-like coastal imagery before moving into large-scale period sets, suggesting the film will have the epic scope of Hugo’s story while grounding it in a raw visual language.
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Because Cook County and the city of Chicago remain a Democratic bastion, new voters will not have the choice of getting new ideas or a fresh set of eyes from an independent or a Republican candidate.
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These organizations claim to be bastions of journalism, Defenders of Democracy, and heroes in the fight for truth in government.
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By the Second World War, pillboxes had become standard defense fortifications.
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During Fascism, the first fortification works arose, but also roads, houses, schools, a hospital.
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One of the oldest citadels in the Middle East, Jerash has seen an unbroken chain of human occupation since the Bronze Age.
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Paton, 52, was in Peru with his wife to hike the Inca Trail, a popular route that ends at Machu Picchu, a citadel built by the Incas in the 15th century.
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Washington and his men had left the fort heading west toward the sounds of gunfire.
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Background and conception Roughs Tower, or HM Fort Roughs, was originally built in 1942, one in a series of large sea forts built in the North Sea by Great Britain during World War II.
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Earlier this week, Daniel Bishop, Jim Bishop's son and the caretaker of Bishop Castle, was seriously injured while working on a structure next to the castle.
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Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.
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“Redoubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redoubt. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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