embattled

/ɪmˈbæt.əld//ɛmˈbæt.əld/

verb

  1. 1

    To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle

  2. 2

    To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.

  3. 3

    To be arrayed for battle.

verb

  1. 1

    To furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to

    “to embattle a wall”

adjective

  1. 1

    Subject to or troubled by battles, controversy or debates.

  2. 2

    Prepared or armed for battle.

  3. 3

    Of a wall, fortress, etc., having battlements or crenellations.

  4. 4

    Drawn with a line of alternating square indentations and extensions.

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