bastion
Americannoun
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Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
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a fortified place.
- Synonyms:
- citadel, stronghold, bulwark, fort, fortress
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anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc..
a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy.
noun
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a projecting work in a fortification designed to permit fire to the flanks along the face of the wall
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any fortified place
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a thing or person regarded as upholding or defending an attitude, principle, etc
the last bastion of opposition
Other Word Forms
- bastionary adjective
- bastioned adjective
Etymology
Origin of bastion
1590–1600; < Middle French < Italian bastione, equivalent to Upper Italian bastí ( a ) bastion, originally, fortified, built (cognate with Italian bastita, past participle of bastire to build < Germanic; baste 1 ) + -one augmentative suffix
Example Sentences
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With record-keeping fees under pressure, he said in an interview that managed accounts are “one of the last bastions of good revenue production,” adding that record-keepers “love” participants enrolling because “the revenue is much better.”
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At that $500,000 price point, a buyer can still land a single-family home — an example of how parts of the Midwest remain a bastion of affordability.
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At that $500,000 price point, a buyer can still land a single-family home — an example of how the Midwest remains a bastion of affordability.
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But the Dow remains a bastion of balance and relative stability in a market that according to some analysts has become overly concentrated in one industry and one small cluster of stocks.
The shift has opened the doors for the major streaming platforms to get more deeply involved in sports broadcasting rights, which have largely remained a bastion of traditional network television.
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