besiege

Verb

Meaning

To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hem in invest surround encompass circumvent beleaguer badger harry attack plague hound pester charge strike assault
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Antonyms

support free help cover care aid
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Hypernyms

attack distress insist assail importune

Hyponyms

blockade ebb seal off

Derivatives

besieged besieging

Examples

The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel. G. K. Chesterton

On all the line a sudden vengeance waits, And frequent hearses shall besiege your gates. Alexander Pope

The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else. Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf

The Turks besieged Vienna Source: Internet

The press photographers besieged the movie star Source: Internet

She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

besides oneself besides that besides the fact that besieged besiegement besieger