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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Advertisement The Defense Department formally pulled the pier from the Gaza shore on June 28 and declared an end in mid-July to the mission to bring aid into the territory besieged by the war between Israel and Hamas.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The story follows your run-of-the-mill suburbanite family besieged by angry spirits emerging from their television.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Policy Timelines Last but not least the reality is that governmental policy and legislation works on a timeline and cycle that is measured in years, something that the technology industry continues to find out via the multiple hearings and lawsuits that have besieged the sector since 2015.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
The story follows your run-of-the-mill suburbanite family besieged by angry spirits emerging from their television.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The situation is worse in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have been besieging the Jabalia refugee camp and hunger has been rampant.
—NBC News, 26 Oct. 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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