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)
A castle tower, or fortified building; a small citadel or fortress.
To confine as though in a bastille; to imprison.
A prison in France, the storming of which in 1789 CE began the French Revolution.