8
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8
castled
7
castellated
6
crenelate
6
crenelated
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beleaguered
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armed
5
crenellate
5
crenellated
5
militant(adjective, aggressive, combative)
3
indented
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battled(verb, warfare)
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besieged
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in battle array(expression, idiom, arrangement, warfare)
2
prepared for war
1
arranged
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arrayed
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banded
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confederated
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contending
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