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embattled

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
embattled/ɪmˈbatld/

▶adjective

1 beset by problems or difficulties.

2 prepared for battle.

3 fortified; having battlements.
■ [postpos.] Heraldry divided or edged by a line of square notches like battlements in outline.

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