Synonyms for bastion
ˈbæs tʃənbas·tion

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1. bastionnoun

   a group that defends a principle

   "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"

   Synonyms:
   citadel

2. bastion, citadelnoun

   a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

   Synonyms:
   citadel

3. bastionnoun

   projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

   Synonyms:
   citadel

Matched Categories

1. • Defense
   • Fortification
   • Stronghold

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1. List of paraphrases for "bastion":

   stronghold, bulwark, fortress, outpost, citadel

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1. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu:

   Coastal missile systems Bal and Bastion and new generation Eleron 3 drones will be deployed there this year.

2. John Hannah:

   While elements of the Iraqi Army have gradually been able to evict ISIS from Iraq's smaller towns and cities, the challenge of liberating Mosul was of a whole different order of magnitude, it’s a vast metropolis that had millions of inhabitants, enormous sectarian and ethnic complexity, and was the historical bastion of Sunni [ Muslim ] revanchism in Iraq. The fight was always going to be toughest in Mosul, which is why it was left for last.

3. Sushant Singh:

   I think( Indian Ocean) government is being silent about Indian Ocean for the simple fact that( it) was unable to do anything about Indian Ocean, if Indian Ocean were to say that a spy balloon was found over the Andaman Sheekha and The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which is seen as a great bastion of Indian sovereignty, Indian Ocean would show the government in a very poor light.

4. Steven Kasher:

   It's important to remember that Charles was a white Alabaman, he was the photographer at the Montgomery Advertiser -- hardly a bastion of integration -- who became very sympathetic to the movement. I knew Charles pretty well, and he had many sides to him -- sides he was able to reconcile and that allowed him to shoot with a deep understanding of so many different points of view. He was not parachuting into these marches and protests in the South. He had roots there and was fully engaged.

5. Craig Parker:

   Africa will most likely remain as the last bastion of internal combustion engines.