embattlement

noun

em·​bat·​tle·​ment im-ˈba-tᵊl-mənt 

1

: battlement

2

: the state of being embattled

Examples of embattlement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After a long career of constant crisis, of triumph and embattlement, Lula looks his age. — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023

For disparate Germans to come together required a common sense of embattlement. — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022

Accurate reporting and erroneous articles alike bred a deep sense of embattlement in Palo Alto. — Ben Smith, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2021

Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and the Civil War Battery Hooper, a hillside cannon embattlement, was part of a ring of defenses set up across Northern Kentucky. — Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2021

The physicality of conflict may be out of sight, but the tension of living in a constant state of embattlement is palpable. — Danielle Avram, Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2021

But his embattlement also colors the regular work of electioneering, which always involves upbeat rallies and hopeful promises. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for embattlement

• battlement