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bastion

[ bas-chuhn, -tee-uhn ]

noun

  1. Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
  2. a fortified place.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.:

    a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy.



bastion

/ 藞产忙蝉迟瑟蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a projecting work in a fortification designed to permit fire to the flanks along the face of the wall
  2. any fortified place
  3. a thing or person regarded as upholding or defending an attitude, principle, etc

    the last bastion of opposition

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产补蝉路迟颈辞苍路补谤路测 [bas, -ch, uh, -ner-ee], adjective
  • 产补蝉顎僼颈辞苍别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bastion1

1590鈥1600; < Middle French < Italian bastione, equivalent to Upper Italian 产补蝉迟铆 ( a ) bastion, originally, fortified, built (cognate with Italian bastita, past participle of bastire to build < Germanic; baste 1 ) + -one augmentative suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bastion1

C16: from French, from earlier bastillon bastion, from bastille Bastille
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The American Enterprise Institute 鈥 no bastion of liberal thought 鈥 has bluntly pointed out the administration鈥檚 鈥渇ormula鈥 has 鈥渘o foundation in either economic theory or trade law.鈥

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Hegseth had already shown the recklessness and lack of judgment many of his former co-workers at Fox News, hardly a bastion of wokeness, said worried them when he was nominated.

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One right-winger with 200,000 followers declared that these women are partying on "the ruins of bastions of masculinity that they just destroyed, sending millions into despair."

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Now, the avengers agreed, they were the 鈥渓ast bastion of defense鈥 for the masses.

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The 9th Circuit, once the left flank of the federal appellate system and the president鈥檚 self-proclaimed adversary, is no longer a bastion of legal resistance.

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