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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
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··Գ noun
- ·· noun
- ··Բ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
"I got 12,000 fan letters a week. And I felt somewhat besieged."
One scene that stuck with me: As Union troops besiege Atlanta, shells are exploding, people flee in panic.
Before “One Jewish Boy,” a play by Stephen Laughton, even had its premiere in London in 2018, the playwright and the play were besieged by antisemitic trolling and threats.
He says that near the besieged city of Pokrovsk, they were facing Russian storm attacks every single day.
Trump shared a controversial AI-generated video of Gaza, appearing to depict the besieged enclave as a Mediterranean resort run and operated by the US president.
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