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embattled

adjective

em·​bat·​tled im-ˈba-tᵊld How to pronounce embattled (audio)
1
a
: ready to fight : prepared to give battle
here once the embattled farmers stood R. W. Emerson
b
: engaged in battle, conflict, or controversy
an embattled official accused of extortion
2
a
: being a site of battle, conflict, or controversy
the embattled capital
b
: characterized by conflict or controversy
an embattled presidency

Example Sentences

the embattled coach of a losing team
Recent Examples on the Web The embattled retailer's stock dropped 11% in early trading Monday on reports that some of the company's suppliers have stopped shipping products due to late payments for those goods. Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 An embattled college accreditor that survived several rounds of federal scrutiny over the course of three presidential administrations may have finally run out of time. Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022 The embattled utility company also pledged to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, five years ahead of California’s deadline, the AP’s Kathleen Ronayne reports. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022 Amid the relentless onslaught there by Moscow's forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued an order to all those remaining in the embattled province to evacuate as soon as possible. Zeynep Bilginsoy, ajc, 3 Aug. 2022 The embattled agency now looms ever larger after the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general launched a criminal investigation into the destruction of text messages from the day before and day of Jan. 6, 2021. Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 23 July 2022 In a remarkable move, Zahawi publicly called for Johnson to resign less than 36 hours after accepting the number two job from the embattled prime minister when Sunak quit. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 9 July 2022 But her fiercely endearing little misfits feel closer to J.D. Salinger’s swaggeringly vulnerable Holden Caulfield and his loyal but anxious sibling, Phoebe, than to James’s embattled and unwittingly corrupted Maisie Farange. Miranda Seymour, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022 The embattled police chief who acted as incident commander in the Uvalde school massacre testified in front of Texas legislators for almost five hours as the grieving community calls for his resignation. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of embattled was in the 15th century

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