1.
If you describe a person, group, or organization as ~, you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties.
The ~ president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
= beleaguered
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2.
An ~ 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 ~ north and east of the island.
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