barricade vs bastion

barricade

noun
  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 

  • A place of confrontation. 

verb
  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade 

  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port 

bastion

noun
  • A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification. 

  • A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel. 

  • A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle. 

  • Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form. 

verb
  • To furnish with a bastion. 

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