besieged; besieging
1
military
: to surround with armed forces
The army had besieged the castle.
besieger
noun
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Customers have besieged the company with questions.
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Business advocacy groups have besieged the Legislature with calls to either undo the changes or reach a compromise on minimum wage and paid leave policies.
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign has been besieged in the last days of the 2024 election after his New York rally Sunday featured speakers spewing racist and sexist remarks echoing Nazi language, and the Albuquerque, N.M., visit gave the campaign a chance for a visual reset.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The Defense Department formally pulled the pier from the Gaza shore on June 28 and declared an end in mid-July to the mission to bring aid into the territory besieged by the war between Israel and Hamas.
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Policy Timelines Last but not least the reality is that governmental policy and legislation works on a timeline and cycle that is measured in years, something that the technology industry continues to find out via the multiple hearings and lawsuits that have besieged the sector since 2015.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign has been besieged in the last days of the 2024 election after his New York rally Sunday featured speakers spewing racist and sexist remarks echoing Nazi language, and the Albuquerque, N.M., visit gave the campaign a chance for a visual reset.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The Defense Department formally pulled the pier from the Gaza shore on June 28 and declared an end in mid-July to the mission to bring aid into the territory besieged by the war between Israel and Hamas.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Policy Timelines Last but not least the reality is that governmental policy and legislation works on a timeline and cycle that is measured in years, something that the technology industry continues to find out via the multiple hearings and lawsuits that have besieged the sector since 2015.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Besiege.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/besiege. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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besiege
verb
be·siege
bi-ˈsēj 
besieged; besieging
1
: to surround with armed forces for the purpose of capturing
2
: to trouble with requests
3
: to cause worry or distress to
doubts besieged him
besieger
noun
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