Bastion
[n] projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
[n] a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
[n] a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"
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abatis, acropolis, advanced work, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barricade, barrier, bartizan, battlement, beachhead, blockhouse, breastwork, bridgehead, bulwark, bunker, casemate, castle, cheval-de-frise, circumvallatio