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Fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense;Prepare for battle or conflict.

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Usage examples (24)
  • What we want to do is apply pressure to embattle President Taylor, for him to do whatever he can to vacate the presidency.
  • Following the old tactic of dumping bad political news on Fridays, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced that embattle DWP General Manager H.
  • I'll tell you, it is heart-warming, because I see this tremendous, tremendous effusion of friendship towards Israel as a sister democracy, yes, often embattled by these dark...
  • I will tell you, it's warm -- heartwarming, because I see this tremendous, tremendous effusion of friendship towards Israel as a sister democracy, yes, often embattled by these...
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