"embattled" in the verb sense
1. embattle
fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
"an embattled castle"
2. embattle
prepare for battle or conflict
"embattled" in the adjective sense
1. embattled
of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict
"the state legislature called for the embattled governor's resignation"
2. embattled
prepared for battle
"an embattled city"
3. embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated
having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
"a crenelated molding"
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