bastille

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Synonyms: pastille, bastile, castille, batille, bestill, pastilla, battelle, castile, astilbe, castilla, castillo

Antonyms: pastille, bastile, castille, batille, bestill, pastilla, battelle, castile, astilbe, castilla, castillo

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Proper noun

A [[former#Adjective|former]] [[fortress#Noun|fortress]] and [[prison#Noun|prison]] in [[Paris]], [[France]], the [[storm#Verb|storming]] of which in 1789 began the [[French Revolution]].

{{senseid|en|fortress}} ''Chiefly in [[French#Adjective|French]] [[context]]s'': a {{l|en|bastion|t=[[projecting#Adjective|projecting]] [[part#Noun|part]] of a [[rampart#Noun|rampart]] or other [[fortification]]}} or [[tower#Noun|tower]] of a [[castle#Noun|castle]]; also, a [[fortified#Adjective|fortified]] tower or other [[building#Noun|building]]; or a [[small#Adjective|small]] [[citadel]] or [[fortress#Noun|fortress]].
{{lb|en|figuratively}}
{{lb|en|military|historical}} The fortified [[encampment]] of an [[army]] [[besiege|besieging]] a [[place#Noun|place]]; also, any of the buildings in such an encampment.

{{lb|en|transitive|also|figuratively}} To [[confine#Verb|confine]] (someone or something) in, or as if in, a [[bastille#Noun|bastille]] ''({{senseno|en|prison}})'' or [[prison#Noun|prison]]; to [[imprison]].

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