Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/February 24

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Word of the day
for February 24
embattled adj
  1. (also figuratively)
    1. Armed or prepared for battle.
    2. Of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops.
  2. Of a place: strengthened so as to withstand attacks; fortified.
  3. (figuratively) Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.

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  1. (architecture) Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.
  2. (by extension, heraldry) Having an edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements.

Ukraine was invaded by Russia one year ago on this day in 2022; the war continues.

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