A bastion is a stronghold or a place that is difficult to attack. When you have a bastion of support, you are confident that you will be able to hold your position.
The company is relying on its bastions of customer loyalty to keep it afloat.
The army had to build a new bastion to protect the city from the invaders.
noun
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
Synonyms:
noun
a group that defends a principle
noun
projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
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The bastion on the right was guarding the bridgehead leading to the fortress.
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Serbia is the bastion of freedom in the Balkans.
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The area contained a bastion of the Welsh language.
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At the same time the city also purchased the West Bastion.
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Bastion idolizes him for his unified theory of the world.
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Lenin and Engels declared the monopoly as the last bastion of the capitalism.
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Lesley must stand in the cistern in the middle of the East Bastion.
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In the Vennel the last remaining bastion of the town walls survives.
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The moat and the row of bastions together offer a pleasing view.
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He is the last bastion of individual enterprise in the mechanized nanny state.