Synonyms for embattled
ɛmˈbæt ldem·bat·tled

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1. embattledadjective

   prepared for battle

   "an embattled city"

   Synonyms:
   castellated, castled, battlemented

   Antonyms:
   plain, unprepared

2. embattled, battlemented, castled, castellatedadjective

   having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement

   "a crenelated molding"

   Synonyms:
   castellated, castled, battlemented

   Antonyms:
   plain, unprepared

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1. List of paraphrases for "embattled":

   besieged, conflict-ridden, stumbling, beleaguered, ailing, deadlocked, faltering

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1. President Barack Obama:

   We have a great opportunity coming out of some great conflict and tragedy to really transform how we think about community law enforcement relations so that everybody feels safer and our law enforcement officers feel -- rather than being embattled -- feel fully supported. We need to seize that opportunity.

2. Kayleigh McEnany:

   My post-mastectomy life is not one embattled but emboldened. I live free of fear and full of hope.

3. President Trump:

   U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued an ultimatum to Russia on Tuesday: Side with the U.S. and likeminded countries on Syria, or embrace Iran, militant group Hezbollah and embattled Syrian leader Bashar Assad. As he embarked on a trip to Moscow following urgent meetings in Italy with top diplomats, Tillerson said it was unclear whether Russia had failed to take seriously its obligation to rid Syria of chemical weapons, or had merely been incompetent. But he said the distinction ‘doesn't much matter to the dead.’ ‘We cannot let this happen again,’ the secretary of state said.

4. President Barack Obama:

   The importance of making sure that the sense of accountability when, in fact, law enforcement is involved in a deadly shooting is something that I think communities across the board are going to need to consider, we have a great opportunity, coming out of some great conflict and tragedy, to really transform how we think about community law enforcement relations so that everybody feels safer and our law enforcement officers feel, rather than being embattled, feel fully supported.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   By 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.