Thesaurus: embattled

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1. imp. & p. p. of Embattle
2. a. Having indentations like a battlement.
3. a. Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
4. a. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field.
5. adj. (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict
6. adj. prepared for battle
7. adj. having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
8. 1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like. 3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. J. Baillie.
9. Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearingsuch as a fess, bend, or the like.
10. j:100 s. prepared for battle s. having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement