What does bastioned mean?
Bastioned means Furnished with a bastion; having bastions..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Furnished with a bastion; having bastions..
As he walked stiffly aslant against the booming northern wind, he tried to marshal his thoughts, tried to dovetail for himself a picture of what had happened behind the grim, bastioned walls of the lamasery and of what was going to happen […]
To the North there were low pale-colored hills, in places bastioned with rock.
Use bastioned when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bastioned means Furnished with a bastion; having bastions..
Common synonyms include secure, protected, fortified.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As he walked stiffly aslant against the booming northern wind, he tried to marshal his thoughts, tried to dovetail for himself a picture of what had happened behind the grim, bastioned walls of the lamasery and of what was going to happen […]
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