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besiege
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BESIEGE
1
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication <armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered>
Related Words barricade, block, cut off, dam, encircle; assail, assault, attack, beset; confine, insulate, isolate, quarantine
Phrases lay siege to
2
to cause persistent suffering to <a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy>
Synonyms agonize, anguish, bedevil, beset, besiege, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, plague, rack, torment, torture
Related Words assail, attack; badger, dog, hound, pursue, ride; aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, distress, disturb, exasperate, gall, get, grate, gripe, hagride, harass, harry, irk, irritate, molest, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, vex; discomfort, discompose, disquiet, fluster, grieve, perturb, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry; crush, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, smite, strike, tyrannize, victimize; hurt, pain, pang, prick, smart, stab, sting, wring; martyr
3
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner <bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war>
Synonyms appeal (to), beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, petition, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicate
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