All 5 Uses of
bastion
in
Angels & Demons
- Langdon looked out at the towering stone bastions that loomed ahead-impenetrable fortifications surrounding the complex …. a strangely earthly defense for a spiritual world of secrets, power, and mystery.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- "If there is another way in," he said, "it's probably recessed in the rear bastion-more of an escape route than an entrance."†
Chpt 63-64
- He sprinted toward the bastion, running on fumes, gazing upward at the citadel's circular core as it shot skyward to a gargantuan, sword-wielding angel.†
Chpt 105-106
- Leaning out, he grabbed the top of the first bulwark, dragged himself onto the wall, and dropped onto the castle's lower bastion.†
Chpt 105-106
- The tunnel inclined steeply as it left the Castle St. Angelo, proceeding upward into the underside of a stone bastion that looked like a Roman aqueduct.†
Chpt 111-112
Definition:
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(bastion) defense or defensive fortification -- such as people who defend a principle or fortifications that defend people from attack (especially the projecting part of a castle wall or rampart)