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Bastilles
- 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
- a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
Bastinado
- noun - a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
- a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
- beat somebody on the soles of the feet
Bastioned
- adjective - secured with bastions or fortifications
Battalion
- noun - a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
- an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies
Battement
- unknown - In ballet moves, the extension of one leg repeatedly.
Battening
- verb - furnish with battens; "batten ships"
- secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"
Batteries
- noun - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"
- a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
- a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
- a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
- an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
- group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
Battering
- verb - make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat"
- strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
- strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
- the act of subjecting to strong attack
Battersea
- unknown - A district of London