BESIEGED Synonyms: 160 Similar and Opposite Words

besieged

verb

past tense of besiege

as in blockaded

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

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as in plagued

to cause persistent suffering to a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy

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as in petitioned

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

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Recent Examples of besieged In a similar vein, the Business section featured an article on our inequitable national tax structure, which enables the wealthy to grow their wealth while most people, besieged by income taxes and rising property taxes, struggle. —

Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026 Early on, the Biden team had been besieged with desperate pleas to ship more of the then scarce vaccine. —

David Blumenthal, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026 When news circulated about the gathering, Temple Emanu-El was besieged with inquiries from the local media. —

Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026 The interview takes a bad turn when the Ralph Lauren office building is besieged by the tabloid mob. —

Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026 But the regime, besieged by insurrections across the country, abandoned Manbij. —

Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026 The Kings, who snapped a franchise-record 16-game losing streak with Monday’s win over the Memphis Grizzlies, have been besieged by injuries this season. —

Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026 The operation goes awry when one of the Black Hawk helicopters is brought down and its crew, including Durant (Ron Eldard), killed or besieged. —

David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Feb. 2026 Destruction in Mariupol At the start of the war, Russian forces besieged Mariupol before the port city fell in May 2022. —

Yuras Karmanau, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026

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Iran has effectively blockaded the Strait of Hormuz for the vast majority of vessels for more than six weeks — a previously unthinkable scenario for a waterway that ordinarily carries about a fifth of global oil and natural gas supplies and a third of the world’s urea fertilizer exports.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
The Strait of Hormuz remains blockaded Central to the negotiations is Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point that, if left blockaded, could continue driving oil prices higher and further destabilizing global energy markets.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026