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besiege
[bih-seej]
verb (used with object)
to lay siege to.
to crowd around; crowd in upon; surround.
Vacationers besieged the travel office.
to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
Synonyms: , , , ,
besiege
/ ɪˈː /
verb
to surround (a fortified area, esp a city) with military forces to bring about its surrender
to crowd round; hem in
to overwhelm, as with requests or queries
Other Word Forms
- besiegement noun
- besieger noun
- besiegingly adverb
- ˈ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
He went on to accuse the conservatives of besieging his government on a multitude of issues.
At one point, the besieged Waymos began honking their horns in coordinated cacophony, punctuated by the chants of protesters and the whirring of police helicopters overhead.
Not surprisingly, some of the proposed cuts are being challenged in court by PBS, NPR, Harvard and other besieged institutions.
He said nothing had "reached the besieged north" so far.
Amnesty International accuses Israel on April 29 of committing a ‘’live-streamed genocide’’ against Palestinians by forcibly displacing Gazans and creating a humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged territory, claims Israel dismisses as ‘’blatant lies’’.
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