leaguering

verb

present participle of leaguer, archaic
as in besieging
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication an impregnable fortress that not even the mightiest army on earth would venture to leaguer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaguering
  1. besieging
  2. attacking
  3. blockading
Verb
  • Robert Pattinson plays Antinous, the most aggressive of the suitors besieging Penelope.
    — Valentina Colosimo, Vanity Fair, 14 July 2026
  • Boris Yeltsin, to everyone’s shock, had then walked through the crowd and climbed one of the Soviet tanks besieging him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of besieging
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  • Before extra time, Argentina had managed 39 touches in the attacking third.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Hugging Face said that from its analysis, the AI agent attacking its systems seems to have acted entirely on its own, without any human initiating the attack or directing its progress.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of attacking
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  • Iran had to shut in its own wells this month after the United States started blockading the strait.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • Britain responded with a war-footing, blockading the Bay of Naples.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 June 2026
Definition of blockading
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