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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Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
In spring 2013, as the suffering and despair spread, al-Abbasi and her husband made a small but generous donation to a family from a city besieged by the government.
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Since then, Putin has sought instead to rally the public to the defense of a motherland besieged by the perfidious and cunning West.
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Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
In spring 2013, as the suffering and despair spread, al-Abbasi and her husband made a small but generous donation to a family from a city besieged by the government.
—Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
The hero is a guy named Kash who valiantly rises to the defense of King Donald, who’s being besieged by Hillary Queenton.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
Since then, Putin has sought instead to rally the public to the defense of a motherland besieged by the perfidious and cunning West.
—Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 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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