Thesaurus results for BASTION

bastion

noun

ˈbas-chən

Definition of bastion

as in stronghold

a structure or place from which one can resist attack the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup

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Recent Examples of bastion Much of Latin America’s film industry, looking to Brazil for co-production partnerships and as a bastion of democracy, will share Lula’s supporters’ jubilation and a sense of relief. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026 East Potomac Park and Hains Point have long served as a bastion of serenity in the nation’s capital. — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026 Tarrant, one of the largest counties in Texas, is traditionally a Republican bastion. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 Although some Republicans have derided the state Supreme Court as being a bastion of liberal activists, five of the Supreme Court’s seven judges were appointed by Republican governors. — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bastion

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Noun

The new map for the 3rd district cut out Republican strongholds like Roseville and Lincoln and now includes parts of Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Auburn, Truckee and South Lake Tahoe.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
The state’s First Congressional District is known as a Democratic stronghold, with Hannah Pingree’s mother, Chellie Pingree, expected to retain the seat she’s held since 2009.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of stronghold

Noun

Tesla touted the car as a rolling fortress that could tow 14,000 pounds and withstand hits from sledgehammers and even firearms.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
Business-wise, these pioneers were buoyed by the sluggish response to the internet by legacy newspapers and magazines, whose fortress mentality only accelerated their disruption.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of fortress

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Joe cut his teeth by working his way up the ranks; also maybe by hanging around a lot when dad Jack Buck broadcast for years from most of the sacred citadels of sports.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
And yet Trump wants to turn the White House and an outpost on the Potomac into similar citadels, with little regard for why America’s capital city was named for one of its greatest examples of unadorned republican virtue.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of citadel

Noun

During the Nazi occupation of France, Germany began building the Atlantic Wall, a series of defensive fortifications stretching along the coast from Spain to Norway.

— Shahnaz Bashir, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Houses were rebuilt over the remains of earlier houses, incorporating old walls and materials into new construction; basilicas became churches and churches became mosques; obsolete city walls and fortifications became boulevards and promenades.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of fortification

Noun

So, rather than castles and stony ramparts, visitors encounter farms and sleepy villages.

— Rick Steves, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026
That proved too costly for producers, so the decision was made to change the location to a castle, while keeping the idea of a mutiny and rival factions working against each other.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 30 Oct. 2026

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