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abatised

Adjective CEFR B2
ˈæb.əˌtɪst

Definitions

Provided with an abatis.

not-comparable

Examples

“Their defenses at Boston Neck had been built up and greatly strengthened, and on Bunker's Hill they had built an elaborate fortress, with a thick parapet, well ditched, fraised, and abatised, of which Washington said "Twenty thousand men could not have⟳ carried it against one thousand had that work⟳ been well defended."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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