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embattled

em·batt·led

UK/ɛmˈbætl̩d/ US/ɪm-/ uncommon

adjective

1.

beset with attackers or controversy or conflict

  • “embattled troops”
  • “an embattled governor”
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2.

prepared for battle

  • “an embattled city”
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3.

having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement

  • “a crenelated molding”
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Origin

From embattle (“to furnish with battlements”) + -ed.

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