"defensive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The term is used throughout the Muslim world to indicate a defensive fortress.
- The defensive fortress crowning the village was built during th Al-Andalus period.
- Ganghwa Island itself was a strong defensive fortress.
- Which explains why they constructed this defensive fortress.
- Blockhouses, which served as defensive fortresses, were erected by the British in 1900 and are still standing in the twenty first century.
- In the 8th century it became a defensive fortress.
- Because the castle was built as a residence and not a defensive fortress, its location on a small mountain was of little consequence.
- Its significance as a defensive fortress and administrative centre varied throughout the ages according to the political situation.
- Was it worth turning the White House into a defensive fortress?
- Around 1050, it did not resemble a defensive fortress but a large agricultural domain.
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