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1. Prepared for battle
   "an embattled city"
    
2. Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
   "Even the embattled position may become fatal to the defender's King";
   - battlemented, castled, castellated

1. Fortify by furnishing with battlements for defence
   "an embattled castle"
    
2. Prepare for battle or conflict

See also: fancy, prepared

Type of: devise, fort, fortify, get up, machinate, organise [Brit], organize, prepare

Encyclopedia: Embattled