EMBATTLED


Meaning of EMBATTLED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmbæt(ə)ld ]

1.

If you describe a person, group, or organization as embattled , you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties.

The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.

= beleaguered

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

An embattled area is one that is involved in the fighting in a war, especially one that is surrounded by enemy forces.

Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.

ADJ : ADJ n

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