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abatised

/ˈæb.əˌtɪst/US/ˈæb.əˌtid/

abatised adjective: provided with an abatis.

Adjective

abatised (not comparable)

  1. Provided with an abatis.
    • 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...2011, Christopher Ward, The War of the Revolution, Skyhorse, →ISBN, page 109

Forms of abatised

alternative formabattised

Origin of abatised

From abatis + -ed.

Questions about abatised

What does abatised mean?
Abatised means provided with an abatis.
What part of speech is abatised?
Abatised is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abatised?
Abatised is pronounced /ˈæb.əˌtɪst/ (UK).

Words near abatised in the dictionary

  1. abathochroal
  2. abatic
  3. abating
  4. abating of
  5. abatis
  6. abatised
  7. abatises
  8. abative
  9. abatjour
  10. abatjours
  11. abaton

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