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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Kamal Adwan was besieged and raided by Israeli forces a year ago.
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Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
The site was the place where Trump spoke to the crowd that then went to besiege the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
And what is the Trump campaign producing if not fantastical propaganda intended to conjure a false image of Joe Biden’s America as a dark, dangerous place on the verge of destruction, besieged by immigrants, and savable only by one heroic man?
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
By mid-June, Israeli forces had surrounded Beirut, and for the first time, Israel was besieging an Arab capital.
—Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made By History, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
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Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
The site was the place where Trump spoke to the crowd that then went to besiege the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
And what is the Trump campaign producing if not fantastical propaganda intended to conjure a false image of Joe Biden’s America as a dark, dangerous place on the verge of destruction, besieged by immigrants, and savable only by one heroic man?
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
By mid-June, Israeli forces had surrounded Beirut, and for the first time, Israel was besieging an Arab capital.
—Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made By History, TIME, 1 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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