bastion /bastˈyən or bast-i-ən/

1. A kind of tower at the angle of a fortification
2. A defence, defender (figurative)

bastˈioned adjective

• vacuum gauges
• vacuuming
• vacuum-packed
• vacuum printing frame
• vacuum printing frames
• vacuum pump
• vacuum pumps
• vacuums
• vacuum tube
• vacuum tubes
• VAD
• vade
• vaded
• vade-mecum
• vades
• vading
• vadose
• vae
• vae victis
• vagabond
• vagabondage
• vagabondages
• vagabonded
• vagabonding
• vagabondise