besieging

verb

Definition of besiegingnext
present participle of besiege
1
as in blockading
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered

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2
as in plaguing
to cause persistent suffering to a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy

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3
as in petitioning
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for besieging
  1. attacking
  2. afflicting
  3. begging
  4. encircling
  5. assaulting
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  • Some of the Israeli fans added to the tensions, Holla said, by attacking a taxi Wednesday as well as a Palestinian flag.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The new boss quickly set about completely overhauling the team and their approach, instilling an aggressive, attacking mindset which had been sorely lacking in previous seasons.
    Adam Digby, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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  • Whatever's afflicting you out there, in here the coffee is always hot, the fries are always crispy and the ranch dip is always free.
    Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Something is genuinely off about the goings-on at the conference, from strange deaths and elevators that suddenly aren’t elevators, to a rash of scabby infections afflicting guests and the discovery of a subterranean tunnel.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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  • Broth ends the video with an emotional plea begging his fans for their help.
    Ash Parrish, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
  • This is a begging-the-question fallacy disproved all the time by great popular geniuses like Shakespeare, Mozart, Toni Morrison, Lorca himself.
    Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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  • When Engelbert announced the news while on speaker, Clark’s Fever teammates yelled and jumped with joy while encircling the team’s star.
    David Close, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Entering into the Trans-Pacific Partnership makes less sense when justified by vague references to encircling China.
    Timothy Meyer, Foreign Affairs, 26 June 2018
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  • In the second case in less than a week of Combs assaulting a minor, the more than half a dozen new civil cases from three woman and four men are seeking unspecified damages.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
  • In 2019, Brady Mistic, who is also deaf, was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting police officers in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
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