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- armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered
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- a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy
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- 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
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- bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war
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“Besiege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/besiege. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of besiege was in the 13th century
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