besieged; besieging
1
military
: to surround with armed forces
The army had besieged the castle.
besieger
noun
Examples of besiege in a Sentence
Customers have besieged the company with questions.
Recent Examples on the Web
Leaving around the time Iger’s first era as CEO came to an end, Mucha is now a top advisor to widely popular and besieged social media platform TikTok.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 June 2024
Now, as the next leader in office, Sheinbaum faces an arduous task: leading a country of almost 130 million people besieged by a spiral of drug violence and an economy that is slowing after its post-pandemic recovery.
—Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024
Defending democracy is always in the interests of the United States, whether over the night skies of the Middle East or by giving the besieged the tools to make their own fight.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2024
Further Reading GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack
The party responsible automated a process that forked legitimate packages, meaning the source code was copied so developers could use it in an independent project that built on the original one.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2024
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 June 2024
Now, as the next leader in office, Sheinbaum faces an arduous task: leading a country of almost 130 million people besieged by a spiral of drug violence and an economy that is slowing after its post-pandemic recovery.
—Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024
Defending democracy is always in the interests of the United States, whether over the night skies of the Middle East or by giving the besieged the tools to make their own fight.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2024
Further Reading GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack
The party responsible automated a process that forked legitimate packages, meaning the source code was copied so developers could use it in an independent project that built on the original one.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 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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