Sentence examples for seize the key from inspiring English sources

Fighting in the Yemeni city of Aden has intensified as Houthi rebels try to seize the key government stronghold.

The Afghan government claimed on Thursday that it had regained control of Kunduz after the Taliban seized the key city in northern Afghanistan on Monday.

YPG fighters, backed by US-led airstrikes and other rebels, on Tuesday consolidated gains made last week, when they seized the key town of Tal Abyad from isis on the Syria-Turkey border.

Meanwhile, van Diemen had succeeded in seizing the key Portuguese stronghold of Malacca (1641; Melaka, now in Malaysia) on the trade route between India and China, and in 1642 the Dutch captured all of Formosa (Taiwan), driving out the Spanish.

The ceasefire came into effect on 15 February but the rebels seized the key town of Debaltseve just days later.

Forces backing Mr Machar have seized the key town of Bentiu, capital of the oil-producing Unity State.

French and Malian troops have seized the key Malian towns of Diabaly and Douentza from militant Islamists.

In other developments in Ukraine on Wednesday: The Ukrainian army said it seized the key town of Avdiivka near the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.

French and Malian troops have seized the key Malian towns of Diabaly and Douentza from militant Islamists, the French defence minister has said.

The first was Operation 41, which involved an offensive along the entire Suez Canal with the objective of seizing the key passes of the Sinai.

Then 3rd Battalion, now reinforced with tanks, took part in the assault on the Fonte Plateau on 25 July, seizing the key position after just an hour of fighting.