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bastion

English

  1. 🔊 projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
  2. 🔊 a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
  3. 🔊 a group that defends a principle
    “a bastion against corruption”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 baluarte bastion
  2. 🔊 bastión bastion, bulwark

Similar words

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