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
- 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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