Antonyms for bastion


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bas-chuhn, -tee-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæs tʃən, -ti ən


Definition of bastion

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Middle French bastillon, diminutive of Old French bastille "fortress, tower, fortified, building," from Old Provençal bastir "build," perhaps originally "make with bast" (see baste (v.1)).
  • noun support; fortified place
Example sentences :
  • We sat in a corner of the bastion, so that we could see everything on both sides.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • It was a flat mesa rising sharply as a sort of bastion from the rim-rock.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • We go out by an entrance on to a bastion, flanking the gate.
  • Extract from : « At the Point of the Bayonet » by G. A. Henty
  • Continuing along the bastion the limit of the northern wall is soon reached.
  • Extract from : « Exeter » by Sidney Heath
  • Captain Neville, into the battery, and fire twenty rounds at the bastion!
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • Your bastion is to be stormed this afternoon previous to the general assault.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • Success there, and the bastion must fall—both sides know this.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • I know that when you say the assault of that bastion is death, death it is.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • He led his men out of the trenches; he assaulted the bastion at the head of his brigade.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade

Synonyms for bastion

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