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  1. bastions

    Projecting portions of a rampart, so disposed that the bottom of the escarp of each part of the whole rampart may be defended from the parapet of some other part. Their form and dimensions are influenced by many considerations, especially by the effect and range of fire-arms; but it is essential to them to have two faces and two flanks; the former having an average length, according to present systems, of 130 yards, the latter of 40 yards.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Bastions in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Bastions in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Bastions in a Sentence

  1. Fernando Belaunzaran:

    The worst thing we can do is leave the road open to the PRI, if we want to put up a real fight in 2018, the right thing to do is to take away their bastions.

  2. William Frey.Read MoreTrump:

    This is a country where the suburbs are not anymore monolithic in any way, president Donald Trump wants to talk about the demise of the suburbs and President Donald Trump thinks about them as these White bastions. That is something from the 1950s. A lot of what President Donald Trump is saying is 30 or 40 years old.

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