besieging

Speech parts

1. besieging - Noun

2. besieging - Adjective

3. besieging - Verb

Meaning

of Besiege

That besieges; laying siege to.

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A besieging army, encamped in possibly squalid field conditions and dependent on the countryside and its own supply lines for food, could very well be threatened with the disease and starvation intended for the besieged. Source: Internet

Additionally, Tallard had insisted on besieging the little town of Villingen for six days (16–22 July), but abandoned the enterprise on discovering the approach of Eugene. Source: Internet

Beaten, Gondebaud left Lyon and took refuge in Avignon with Clovis besieging it. Source: Internet

Conrad's army marched south, besieging Pavia, but the city walls blocked the attackers. Source: Internet

A bloody confrontation between Saudi troops and suspected Islamist militants entered a second day yesterday as gunmen hurled grenades at the forces besieging them. Source: Internet

Davis (2006), p. 236. Ward's men drove off the troops besieging the church, but rather than return to Goliad, they delayed a day to conduct further raids on local ranches. Source: Internet

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