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embattled

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em·bat·tled  (m-btld)
adj.
1. Prepared or fortified for battle or engaged in battle: embattled troops; an embattled city.
2. Beset with attackers, criticism, or controversy: an embattled legislative minority.
embattled
Adjective
1. (of a country) involved in fighting a war, esp. when surrounded by enemies
2. facing many problems and difficulties: the embattled Mayor
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.embattled - prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
prepared - made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies"
2.embattled - having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"
castellated, castled, battlemented
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"


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for I have heard How, when the Ch`is and Weis embattled rose Along the frontier, when the Chings and Hans Gathered their multitudes, a myriad leagues Of utter weariness they trod.
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It follows them from an earlier date and could not easily be changed, and it may serve to recall to an elder generation than this the time when their author was breaking so many lances in the great, forgotten war between Realism and Romanticism that the floor of the "Editor's Study" in Harper's Magazine was strewn with the embattled splinters.
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