abatised

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UK/ˈæb.əˌtɪst/US/ˈæb.əˌtid/US/əˈbæt.id/US/əˈbæt.ɪst/

adjective

Provided with an abatis.

First used Mid 19ᵗʰ century.Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveabatised (not comparable)

alternative abattised

  1. not comparableProvided with an abatis.First known use Mid 19ᵗʰ century.
    1 more example

    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."

    2011, Christopher Ward, The War of the Revolution, Skyhorse, →ISBN, page 109

Origin

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APA

abatised. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abatised

MLA

“abatised.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abatised. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abatised,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abatised.

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