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bastion
[ bas-chuhn, -tee-uhn ]
noun
- Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- a fortified place.
Synonyms: citadel, stronghold, bulwark, fort, fortress
- anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.:
a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy.
bastion
/ ˈbæstɪən /
noun
- a projecting work in a fortification designed to permit fire to the flanks along the face of the wall
- any fortified place
- a thing or person regarded as upholding or defending an attitude, principle, etc
the last bastion of opposition
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Other Words From
- bas·tion·ar·y [bas, -ch, uh, -ner-ee], adjective
- bastioned adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bastion1
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Example Sentences
Are the Brogpas of Kashmir in India really the last bastion of purebred Aryans?
The tweets linking to the National Review, that bastion of LGBT equality.
But that was not to be, and Kansas will continue as a Republican bastion for the foreseeable future.
Even in New York City, a place that touts itself as a progressive bastion, Sikhs have suffered a string of hate crimes.
Until that equation tips, individual Republicans may break ranks on gay rights, but the party remains a countercultural bastion.
It showed like a hollow bastion, filled with insurgent fire, flung up to heaven.
The principal bas-relief is a huge square panel, graven on the face of a rock bastion which immediately overhangs the stream.
You thought yourself well out of it, and were stopped by a bastion.
The massive wall which forms a corner of the green yard is a bastion of the city wall in the time of Edward IV.
For several hours they held a bastion, the possession of which was deemed highly important by both Turks and Christians.
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