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[ bas -chuh n, -tee-uh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbæs tʃən, -ti ən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.: a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy.
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; see baste1 ) + -one augmentative suffix
SYNONYMS FOR bastion 2 fortress, fort, bulwark, stronghold, citadel.
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OTHER WORDS FROM bastion bas·tion·ar·y [bas -chuh -ner-ee], /ˈbæs tʃəˌnɛr i/, adjective bastioned, adjective Words nearby bastion bastille, Bastille Day, bastinade, bastinado, basting, bastion , bastnaesite, Bastogne, Bastrop, Basuto, Basutoland
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Example sentences from the Web for bastion Overnight, they morphed from bastion s of leisure into pariahs of the sea, floating hotspots crammed with tourists, sick and well.
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The capital city, a liberal bastion , was so inundated by September that it had to cut off applications at 6,000.
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Let’s talk Ariel, the heroine of the film, one of the core Disney princesses, and a bastion of compulsory heterosexuality.
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None of this should suggest that 1998 Mulan is a bastion of progressivism.
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The tweets linking to the National Review, that bastion of LGBT equality.
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But that was not to be, and Kansas will continue as a Republican bastion for the foreseeable future.
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Fairfax County, the most populous jurisdiction in the state, was once a Republican bastion .
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Kentucky, a bastion of anti-government ire, is the top state for Obamacare enrollment.
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Kaine could be boosted by his subcommittee, a bastion of support for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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The wood and twigs the Swedes had piled against the defensive works before the bastion , had been set on fire.
The Young Carpenters of Freiberg | Anonymous
No arrow was shot from the walls, not a stone was thrown, not a head was seen upon the bastion .
The remainder of his troops diverged a little to the right to escalade the breach in the Kashmir bastion .
Forty-one years in India | Frederick Sleigh Roberts
What was our surprise to see every bastion mounted with heavy guns and the walls full manned.
Heralds of Empire | Agnes C. Laut
These cries are to be given from the tree, and the man stationed on this bastion will be prepared to report them promptly to me.
The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga | Herbert Carter
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British Dictionary definitions for bastion 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
Word Origin for bastion C16: from French, from earlier bastillon bastion, from bastille Bastille
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Words related to bastion stronghold, mainstay, citadel, fortress, bulwark, parapet, protection, fortification, support, prop, defense, rock, breastwork, tower of strength