Words Like BASTION

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4 Alternative Words Similar to bastion

1 Citadel Noun      Synonym Words Like Citadel
2 Fastness Noun      Synonym Words Like Fastness
3 Stronghold Noun      Synonym Words Like Stronghold
4 Acropolis Noun      Hyponym

1 examples of bastion

1 the last bastion of communism

10 definitions of bastion

1 A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See ravelin.
2 a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
3 projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
4 a group that defends a principle
5 A projecting part of a fortification.
6 A well-fortified position.
7 One that is considered similar to a defensive stronghold: You are a bastion of strength. See Synonyms at bulwark.
8 In fortification, a mass of earth, faced with sods, brick, or stones, standing out from a rampart, of which it is a principal part.
9 a projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
10 a well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel
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