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bastille
/bæ'stil/
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  1. noun
    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
  2. noun
    a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
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  • danton French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
  • 14 july a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
  • georges jacques danton French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
  • bastille day a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
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