Antonyms for bastille
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ba-steel; French bas-tee-yuh |
| Phonetic Transcription : bæˈstil; French basˈti yə |
Definition of bastille
Origin :- 14c. Paris prison destroyed by revolutionaries on July 14, 1789, French, literally "fortress, tower" (see bastion).
- As in jail : noun place for incarceration
- As in prison : noun residence for incarcerating criminals
- As in fortress : noun stronghold
- As in cell : noun small room, container
- As in pokey : noun jail
- As in defense : noun armament; protection system
- As in imprison : verb confine; put in jail
- As in incarcerate : verb put in jail, confinement
- As in jail : verb incarcerate
- This Bouquet is a rascal who will be more likely to end in the Bastille than I, who did but defend my own.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- You did good service at the taking of the Bastille, citizen?
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Inform the Tribunal of what you did that day within the Bastille, citizen.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- This time Hathelin had not the honour of the Bastille; he was sent to some depot.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
- In the winter, for being second in a duel, he was sent to the Bastille.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- The Bastille and Vincennes both seemed to me too near to Paris.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- The greater part of their servants have been sent to the Bastille.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
- He bears a warrant for your arrest and delivery to the governor of the Bastille.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- The peasants took their cue from the Parisians, and treated every castle as a Bastille.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- The people were in possession of the guns captured from the Bastille.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
Synonyms for bastille
- aegis
- alcove
- antechamber
- apartment
- apprehend
- armor
- arms
- barricade
- barrier
- bastille
- bastion
- black hole
- book
- booth
- bottle up
- brig
- bullpen
- bulwark
- burrow
- buttress
- cage
- can
- castle
- cavity
- cell
- chamber
- check
- circumscribe
- citadel
- clink
- cloister
- closet
- commit
- compartment
- confine
- confinement
- constrain
- cooler
- coop
- coop up
- cover
- crib
- crypt
- cubicle
- curb
- den
- detain
- detention camp
- deterrence
- dike
- dungeon
- embankment
- fastness
- fence
- fence in
- fort
- fortification
- fortress
- G
- garrison
- guard
- guardhouse
- hold
- hold captive
- hold hostage
- hold in custody
- hole
- house of correction
- ice
- immunity
- immure
- impound
- imprison
- incarcerate
- inside
- intern
- jail
- jailhouse
- joint
- keep
- keep captive
- keep in custody
- limit
- lock in
- lock up
- lockup
- munitions
- nab
- nook
- occlude
- palisade
- parapet
- pen
- penal institution
- penitentiary
- position
- pound
- prison
- protection
- put away
- put behind bars
- put on ice
- put under lock and key
- rack
- rail in
- railroad
- rampart
- receptacle
- recess
- redoubt
- reformatory
- remand
- resistance
- restrain
- restrict
- retreat
- safeguard
- security
- send to prison
- send up
- send up the river
- sentence
- settle
- shelter
- shield
- shut in
- slammer
- slough
- solitary
- stall
- statesville
- stir
- stockade
- stronghold
- take away
- take prisoner
- throw away the keys
- throw book at
- throw in dungeon
- throw the book at
- tower
- trammel
- trench
- up the river
- vault
- wall
- ward
- warfare
- weaponry
- weapons
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