bastille

[US]/bæ'stiːl/
[UK]/bæs'til/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.fortress;prison
Word Forms
Pluralbastilles

Phrases & Collocations

storming the Bastille

Bastille Day

Example Sentences

Sade spends his time in the bastille.

With the fall of the Bastille in 1789, a wave of euphoria swept over Europe.

political prisoners in the Bastille

the fall of the Bastille

imprisoned in the Bastille

the storming of the Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution

the Bastille was a symbol of royal tyranny

the Bastille was demolished in 1789

the Bastille was originally built as a medieval fortress

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