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bastion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | citadel |
| Type of | stronghold, fastness |
| Has types | kremlin, acropolis |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | defense force, defence, defence force, defense |
a bastion against corruption.
the last bastion of communism.
bastion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fortification, munition |
Examples of bastion
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The only bastion of quality chocolate I can remember from my youth is Thorntons.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The floor had opened in the late Fifties as a shining bastion of modern glamour.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They suffered physically in this wretched city, the last bastion before Siberia.
From the abcnews.go.com
The Interior Ministry has been viewed as primarily a bastion of Shiite militias.
From the nytimes.com
He needs to fail in his efforts to change this country into a socialist bastion.
From the washingtontimes.com
The transition from WASP bastion to genuine meritocracy has been a little bumpy.
From the newsweek.com
We are losing species from national parks, bastion of biodiversity conservation.
From the sciencedaily.com
Although Georgia is a bastion for Republicans, it has not always favored Romney.
From the freep.com
That's what a marketing head told MTV, that bastion of investigative journalism.
From the techcrunch.com
- A group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"
- A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- Projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
- A bastion, or a bulwark, is a structure projecting outward from the main enclosure of a fortification, situated in both corners of a straight wall (termed curtain), facilitating active defence against assaulting troops. ...
- Bastion (Macedonian: u0411u0430u0441u0442u0438u043Eu043D) was an eminent electronic music group from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, notable for its member Kiril Du017Eajkovski (u041Au0438u0440u0438u043B u040Fu0430u0458u043Au043Eu0432u0441u043Au0438), who later rose to international prominence as a solo musician, DJ and a composer of the soundtrack album for Milu010Do Manu010Devski's movie Dust.
- Bastion is a supervillain that appears in the fictional Marvel Universe. The character was created by Scott Lobdell and Pascual Ferry and first made a cameo appearance in X-Men #52 (May 1996). His first full appearance was Uncanny X-Men #333 (June 1996). ...
- The Bastion, also known as the Nanaimo Bastion, is an historic octagonal shaped bastion or fortification located at 98 Front Street in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. ...
- A bastion in naval strategy is a heavily-defended area of water in which friendly naval forces can operate safely. Typically, that area will be partially enclosed by friendly shoreline, defended by naval mines, monitored by sensors, and heavily patrolled by surface, submarine, and air forces.
- A planet in the Outer Rim Territories.
