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The meaning of BESIEGE is to surround with armed forces. How to use besiege in a sentence.
to surround a place, especially with an army, to prevent people or supplies getting in or out: The town had been besieged for two months but still resisted the aggressors. When someone is besieged, a lot of people surround them: When the pop star tried to leave her hotel, she was besieged by waiting journalists and fans.
Besieged definition: (of a fortified place) under siege; surrounded by enemy forces and cut off from help or supplies. See examples of BESIEGED used in a sentence.
to crowd around; crowd in upon; surround: Vacationers besieged the travel office. to assail or ply, as with requests or demands. Synonyms: hound, harry, harass, pester, beset. besiege. / bɪˈsiːdʒ / verb. to surround (a fortified area, esp a city) with military forces to bring about its surrender. to crowd round; hem in.
to surround a place, esp. with an army, to prevent people or supplies from getting in or out: fig. After the controversial show, the television network was besieged with complaints. A person who is besieged is surrounded: Mick Jagger was besieged by fans at the airport.
besiege. besiege something to surround a building, city, etc. with soldiers until the people inside are forced to let you in synonym lay siege to something Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. (figurative) Fans besieged the box office to get tickets for the concert.
1. To surround with hostile forces: The soldiers besieged the walled city. 2. To crowd around; hem in: Fans besieged the star as she came out of the hotel. 3. To harass or overwhelm, as with requests: a shop owner besieged by job applications.
adjective. surrounded by hostile forces. “the besieged town”. synonyms: enclosed. closed in or surrounded or included within.
Definitions of besiege. verb. surround so as to force to give up. “The Turks besieged Vienna”. synonyms: beleaguer, circumvent, hem in, surround. see more. verb. harass, as with questions or requests. “The press photographers besieged the movie star”.
Synonyms for BESIEGED: blockaded, attacked, beleaguered, encircled, assaulted, leaguered, laid siege to, barricaded; Antonyms of BESIEGED: liberated, rescued, released, freed, emancipated, aided, assisted, helped.
