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battlements

NOUN

parapet

Synonyms

STRONG

balustrade bastion escarpment fortification rampart tower

WEAK

embattlement

Example Sentences

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Now she’s back in all her blond-maned glory and it isn’t just exciting in an “always loved her” way; it’s exciting because Pfeiffer isn’t just returning to television, she’s storming the cultural battlements.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The two men strolled around the grounds of the castle, taking in the pointless folly of the battlements and arrow slits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Many visitors to Belfast's Titanic Quarter will have noticed the battlements of the Viking village, for instance, built just across the road from the Titanic Studios.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

The script includes a Chaplinesque chase shot on the battlements of Fort Totten, the Civil War site in Queens.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

We saw the schooners at rest in the Bay, and Castle William upon its island, the militia just visible as they made rounds upon the battlements.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson