embattled

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Of a wall, fortress, etc., having battlements or crenellations
Prepared or armed for battle
Subject to or troubled by battles, controversy or debates
Simple past tense and past participle of embattle
beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled troops"; "an embattled governor
beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled troops"; "an embattled governor"
past of embattle
Having indentations like a battlement
having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" prepared for battle; "an embattled city" beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled troops"; "an embattled governor
If you describe a person, group, or organization as embattled, you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties. The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers. = beleaguered
An embattled area is one that is involved in the fighting in a war, especially one that is surrounded by enemy forces. Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island
{s} ready for battle; fortified against attack
A Battlement that is crenelated
Battlemented; crenelated
Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field
prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
Having the edge broken like battlements; said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like
Indented like a battlement
having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"
battled
enbattled
batailled
embattle
{v} to set or range in order of battle
embattle
To furnish with battlements
embattle
To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle
embattle
To be arrayed for battle
embattle
{f} arrange in order of battle, to array for battle; to equip as for battle; supply with battlements
embattled

    Hyphenation

    em·bat·tled

    Turkish pronunciation

    embätıld

    Pronunciation

    /emˈbatəld/ /ɛmˈbætəld/

    Etymology

    [ im-'ba-t&l ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English embatailen, from Middle French embatailler, from en- + batailler to battle.
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