beleaguer

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BELEAGUER

to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication <beleaguered the castle for months>

Synonyms beleaguer, blockade, invest, leaguer [archaic]

Related Words barricade, block, cut off, dam, encircle; assail, assault, attack, beset; confine, insulate, isolate, quarantine

Near Antonyms emancipate, free, liberate, release, rescue

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