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 (ĕm-băt′l-mənt, ĭm-)
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embattlement

(ɪmˈbætəlmənt)
n
(Fortifications) a battlement
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The poorest move taken by the group is that Hezbollah's exhaustive contribution surpassed the embattlement in Syria; following Iran's bidding, the group now deploys recruits to Iraq, while already dealing with a state of ongoing alertness in Lebanon.
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Increasingly, there seems a sense of embattlement among them, as they put up the ramparts against a UK Government they have convinced themselves is on an anti-Welsh crusade.