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bastille

[ba-steel, bas-tee-yuh] / bæˈstil, basˈti yə /










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“If we have a fourth one, Jerusalem will become a new bastille.”

From Washington Post

Reading some of the coverage, you’d think someone was storming the bastille.

From Forbes

“There are more prisoners in my bastille, my jail, and higher costs for arrests.”

From US News

Chains cannot bind that down; bastilles cannot shut it in; and every attempt to crush it is but an effort of tyranny both impotent and cruel.

From Project Gutenberg

"And he is now incarcerated in your bastille."

From Project Gutenberg