embattled

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em·bat·tled / emˈbatld/ • adj. (of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, esp. because surrounded by enemy forces: the embattled Yugoslavian republics. ∎  (of a person) beset by problems or difficulties: the worst may not be over for the embattled senator.

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embattled

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embattled. See battlement.

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