Definition of "embattling" []

• Present participle of embattle. (verb)

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• "HENRY: Now, critics have raised questions about whether President Musharraf is really committed to the U.S. war on terror, specifically because billions of dollars in U.S. aid to Pakistan has not necessarily gone to the goal of reducing violence and embattling extremists there in Pakistan."
• "Still, for some, the idea of leaving would involve a longer rest from the embattling and torrential rain of conservatism than they would have chosen to endure."
• "But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause — such an advocate, would he not be blame-worthy?"