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present participle of besiege
Synonyms & Antonyms of besieging
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
Synonyms for besieging
- beleaguering,
- blockading,
- investing,
- leaguering
- [archaic]
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2
to cause persistent suffering to
- a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy
Synonyms for besieging
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- aggravating,
- agitating,
- annoying,
- bothering,
- bugging,
- chafing,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- exasperating,
- galling,
- getting,
- grating,
- griping,
- hagriding,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- irking,
- irritating,
- molesting,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pestering,
- piquing,
- putting out,
- rasping,
- riling,
- vexing
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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
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- calling on
- (or calling upon)
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