Antonyms for bastille


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ba-steel; French bas-tee-yuh
Phonetic Transcription : bæˈstil; French basˈti yə


Definition of bastille

Origin :
  • 14c. Paris prison destroyed by revolutionaries on July 14, 1789, French, literally "fortress, tower" (see bastion).
  • As in jail : noun place for incarceration
  • As in prison : noun residence for incarcerating criminals
  • As in fortress : noun stronghold
  • As in cell : noun small room, container
  • As in pokey : noun jail
  • As in defense : noun armament; protection system
  • As in imprison : verb confine; put in jail
  • As in incarcerate : verb put in jail, confinement
  • As in jail : verb incarcerate
Example sentences :
  • This Bouquet is a rascal who will be more likely to end in the Bastille than I, who did but defend my own.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • You did good service at the taking of the Bastille, citizen?
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Inform the Tribunal of what you did that day within the Bastille, citizen.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • This time Hathelin had not the honour of the Bastille; he was sent to some depot.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • In the winter, for being second in a duel, he was sent to the Bastille.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • The Bastille and Vincennes both seemed to me too near to Paris.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • The greater part of their servants have been sent to the Bastille.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
  • He bears a warrant for your arrest and delivery to the governor of the Bastille.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • The peasants took their cue from the Parisians, and treated every castle as a Bastille.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The people were in possession of the guns captured from the Bastille.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for bastille

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