Bastillenoun
/bæˈstiːl//bæˈstiːl/a military building in Paris that was used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1789 it was attacked by people who wanted revolution (= violent social and political change) in France, and this attack is regarded as being the start of the French Revolution:
On 14th July the French celebrate the storming of the Bastille.
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Places involved in military activity
- base
- battlefield
- battleground
- beachhead
- billet
- boot camp
- bridgehead
- camp
- garrison
- GHQ
- guard post
- guardhouse
- guardroom
- line
- PX
- redoubt
- sentry box
- staging area
- the front line
- theatre
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