embattled [ɪmbætəld]
ADJ
1.[ADJ] [usu ADJ n] 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
2.[ADJ] [ADJ n] 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.
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