bastions
Centers of resistance
Bastions is the plural of bastion, a projecting part of a fortification that allows defensive fire in several directions.
The word extends to any stronghold or place of concentrated defense: The city remained one of the last bastions of the old regime.
Figuratively, a bastion is anything that serves as a reliable source of protection or support for a principle, group, or way of life: bastions of free speech, bastions of tradition.
Fortified urban stronghold
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- keepRetain or fortified tower
- turretProtruding fortified structure
moat · drawbridge · gatehouse · watchtower · barbican · curtain wall · bailey · portcullis
Protective fortress walls
- garrisonStationed military force
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
entrenchment · emplacement · bunker · cannon · guardhouse · stockade · breastwork · fortification
citadel
Fortified urban stronghold
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- keepRetain or fortified tower
turret · moat · drawbridge · gatehouse · watchtower · barbican · curtain wall · bailey · portcullis · merlon
ramparts
Protective fortress walls
- garrisonStationed military force
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
barricade · entrenchment · emplacement · bunker · cannon · guardhouse · stockade · breastwork · fortification · military
pillar
Upright architectural support
- mainstayPrimary source of support
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
cornerstone · foundation · champion · defender · guardian · protector · upholder · advocate · stalwart · backbone
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- castle defensemoat, drawbridge, portcullis, arrow slits, battlements
- coastal defensesseawall, seawalls, sea wall, sea walls, breakwater
- fort partswatchtower, ramparts, palisade, gatehouse, guard tower
- outpostsoutposts, outpost, frontier post, forward base, forward bases
- Chittorgarh Fortgates, ramparts, towers, battlements, watchtowers
bastionsvulnerabilities
Exploitable weak points
weak points · weaknesses · chinks in the armor · soft spots · gaps
bastionsweak links
Points of vulnerability
vulnerabilities · threats · erosions · decay · collapses
bastionsbreaches
Breaks or violations
ruptures · breaks · holes · incursions · penetrations