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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: , , , ,
- anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.:
a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy.
bastion
/ ˈæɪə /
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
Other Word Forms
- ·پDz·· [bas, -ch, uh, -ner-ee], adjective
- tDzԱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bastion1
Example Sentences
The American Enterprise Institute — no bastion of liberal thought — has bluntly pointed out the administration’s “formula” has “no foundation in either economic theory or trade law.”
Hegseth had already shown the recklessness and lack of judgment many of his former co-workers at Fox News, hardly a bastion of wokeness, said worried them when he was nominated.
One right-winger with 200,000 followers declared that these women are partying on "the ruins of bastions of masculinity that they just destroyed, sending millions into despair."
Now, the avengers agreed, they were the “last bastion of defense” for the masses.
The 9th Circuit, once the left flank of the federal appellate system and the president’s self-proclaimed adversary, is no longer a bastion of legal resistance.
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