besieged; besieging
1
military
: to surround with armed forces
The army had besieged the castle.
besieger
noun
Examples of besiege in a Sentence
Customers have besieged the company with questions.
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Thinking in a binary way about a liberal EU besieged by an illiberal far right externalizes the problem of the far right, obscuring a clearer understanding of how the EU might evolve in the future.
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Hans Kundnani, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
Between October 2023 and mid-February this year, Russian forces surrounded, besieged and then captured the fortress city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine.
—David Axe, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
The country was besieged not only by hyperinflation and a massive economic contraction, but also soaring infant mortality and a lack of safe drinking water.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
Journalists besieged them with emails and phone calls.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
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Hans Kundnani, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
Between October 2023 and mid-February this year, Russian forces surrounded, besieged and then captured the fortress city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine.
—David Axe, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
The country was besieged not only by hyperinflation and a massive economic contraction, but also soaring infant mortality and a lack of safe drinking water.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
Journalists besieged them with emails and phone calls.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
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besiege
verb
be·siege
bi-ˈsēj 
besieged; besieging
1
: to surround with armed forces for the purpose of capturing
2
: to trouble with requests
3
: to cause worry or distress to
doubts besieged him
besieger
noun
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