1. embattled - Adjective
2. embattled - Verb
4. embattled - Adjective Satellite
of Embattle
Having indentations like a battlement.
Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBy the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today Israel and India are embattled democracies, sharing values and the challenge of terrorism. United in our quest for life, liberty and peace our joint determination to fight for these values can inspire our hopes for a better future for our people. Ariel Sharon
The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress. Helene Deutsch
I think the Sixties in some ways is a barrier to young people today. They think of it, you know, what we're doing is not that. But it's partly the myth of the Sixties. It always felt embattled and small. It always, almost always, was a small group of people relative to the opposition around. Bernardine Dohrn
God heard the embattled nations sing and shout "Gott strafe England" and "God save the King!" God this, God that, and God the other thing – "Good God!" said God, "I've got my work cut out!" J. C. Squire
Science has been quite embattled. It's the most important thing there is. An arts graduate is not going to fix global warming. They may do other valuable things, but they are not going to fix the planet or cure cancer or get rid of malaria. Bill Bryson