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embattled adjective

  /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/ , /ɛmˈbætl̩d/ , /ɪm-/ , [-ɾ(ə)ld]
  • Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).
 armé, prêt pour la bataille
  • (figuratively) Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.
 contesté, encerclé

embattled adjective

  /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/ , /ɛmˈbætl̩d/ , /ɪm-/ , [-ɾ(ə)ld]
  • (by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.
 crénelé
  • (architecture) Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.
 crénaux d'une muraille, toujours en difficultés
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