Defenition of the word Bastille

• Defenition of the word Bastille

  • Former fort in Paris which was used as a prison and stormed by the people at the beginning of the French Revolution.
  • a jail (literally, a French jail)
  • a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
  • a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution

Hypernyms for the word Bastille

• • clink
  • gaol
  • jail
  • jailhouse
  • pokey
  • poky
  • prison
  • prison house
  • slammer

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