embattlement

noun

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Recent Examples of embattlement 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embattlement
  1. battlement
  2. rampart
  3. fortress
  4. parapet
  5. stronghold
  6. bulwark
  7. bastion
  8. breastwork
Noun
  • The flag flies high over the ancient battlements here, where more than 200 years of history send a proud chill.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2026
  • Athenry Castle Overlooking the Clarinbridge River in County Galway, 13th-century Athenry Castle still retains parts of its medieval walls, battlements, and decorative stone carvings.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
Definition of battlement
Noun
  • The compact coastal town is known for its whitewashed medina, brightly painted murals and imposing Portuguese-era ramparts overlooking the ocean.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • To the left and right are the high ramparts of Sleeping Bear Dunes, the distant wedge that is South Manitou Island and unbelievably blue water.
    — Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of rampart
Noun
  • The Roman city of Cologne and a legionary fortress in Bonn were also nearby — raising the possibility of a military connection.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Supporters of the movement gathered in New Delhi Saturday despite the capital turning into a fortress to keep out protesters.
    — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of fortress
Noun
  • Far from the safety of the Archives where Scribes record the history of Navarre and keep records, Violet walks the parapet to bond with a dragon and undertake the very dangerous and highly fatal occupation.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The persona non grata formerly known as Prince Andrew is suddenly feeling emboldened, poking his head over the parapet of Marsh Farm, a relatively modest five-bedroom farmhouse on the King’s Sandringham Estate, in Norfolk.
    — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of parapet
Noun
  • Arizona stands out as the lone swing state among the president’s recent stops, though the airport rally will be in an area of the state known as a Republican stronghold.
    — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Arizona stands out as the lone swing state among the president's recent stops, though the airport rally will be in an area of the state known as a Republican stronghold.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of stronghold
Noun
  • The automaker is positioning this new lineup as its bulwark against the flood of Chinese imports that is currently decimating other European brands.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Yet the episode also offered evidence of how natural resources provide a bulwark against an adversarial White House.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of bulwark
Noun
  • Pointing to exit polling commissioned by his firm, Cor Strategies, Corbett argued his party’s latest drubbing wasn’t because Illinois had become an uber-liberal bastion.
    — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Oregon, for example, has always been a bastion for distance runners and probably won't do anything to detract from its iconic track program.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of bastion
Noun
  • More than a third of the 650-member force fell dead or wounded taking the Confederate breastworks.
    — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The infantrymen around him peeped painfully over the heap of dirt that substituted for a breastwork.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of breastwork

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