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The synonyms of “Besiege” are: beleaguer, circumvent, hem in, surround, lay siege to, blockade, mob, crowd round, swarm round, throng round, ring round, encircle, oppress, torment, torture, rack, plague, afflict, harrow, beset, trouble, bedevil, cause suffering to, prey on, weigh heavily on, lie heavy on, gnaw at, nag at, haunt, overwhelm, inundate, deluge, flood, swamp, snow under
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “besiege” as a verb can have the following definitions:
afflict | (of a celestial body) be in a stressful aspect with (another celestial body or a point on the ecliptic. Afflict with the plague. |
bedevil | Treat cruelly. He bedevilled them with petty practical jokes. |
beleaguer | Annoy persistently. He attempts to answer several questions that beleaguer the industry. |
beset | Surround and harass. The social problems that beset the UK. |
blockade | Impose a blockade on. The authorities blockaded roads in and out of the capital. |
cause suffering to | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. |
circumvent | Surround so as to force to give up. It was always possible to circumvent the regulations. |
crowd round | Approach a certain age or speed. |
deluge | Fill or cover completely, usually with water. He has been deluged with offers of work. |
encircle | Form a circle around. The town is encircled by fortified walls. |
flood | Cover or submerge an area with water in a flood. The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes. |
gnaw at | Become ground down or deteriorate. |
harrow | Draw a harrow over land. They ploughed and harrowed the heavy clay. |
haunt | Haunt like a ghost pursue. She haunts the ballet. |
hem in | Utter `hem’ or `ahem. |
inundate | Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with. The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise. |
lay siege to | Lay eggs. |
lie heavy on | Assume a reclining position. |
mob | Press tightly together or cram. A cuckoo flew over to be mobbed at once by two reed warblers. |
nag at | Bother persistently with trivial complaints. |
oppress | Cause to suffer. The government oppresses political activists. |
overwhelm | Overcome by superior force. The Stilton doesn t overwhelm the flavour of the trout. |
plague | Pester or harass (someone) continually. He has been plagued by ill health. |
prey on | Prey on or hunt for. |
rack | Torture someone on the rack. Rack a camera. |
ring round | Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. |
snow under | Fall as snow. |
surround | Surround with a wall in order to fortify. The killings were surrounded by controversy. |
swamp | Overwhelm or flood with water. A huge wave swamped the canoes. |
swarm round | Be teeming, be abuzz. |
throng round | Press tightly together or cram. |
torment | Torment emotionally or mentally. He was tormented by jealousy. |
torture | Subject to torture. He was tortured by grief. |
trouble | Take the trouble to do something concern oneself. He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday. |
weigh heavily on | Determine the weight of. |
armament | A military force equipped for war. Instruments of disarmament rather than of armament. |
armed | Characterized by having or bearing arms. Armed robbery. |
army | The army of the United States of America the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare. An army of photographers. |
artillery | A means of persuading or arguing. Each corps included two regiments of field artillery. |
battalion | An army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies. A battalion of ants. |
brigade | Form into a brigade. A volunteer ambulance brigade. |
cadet | A young trainee in the armed services or police force. A cadet branch of the family. |
cantonment | Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers. |
colonel | A rank of officer in the army and in the US air force above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier or brigadier general. |
combatant | Engaging in or ready for combat. A long time combatant for the control of Newcastle FC. |
commander | A rank of naval officer above lieutenant commander and below captain. The commander of a paratroop regiment. |
conscription | Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces. Conscription was extended to married men. |
corps | A branch of an army assigned to a particular kind of work. At 9 30 a m the press corps was handed what looked to be a routine list of orders. |
crowd | Cause to herd drive or crowd together. Men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah. |
legion | Archaic terms for army. Legions of photographers and TV cameras. |
martial | Relating to fighting or war. Martial law. |
mercenary | Profit oriented- John Buchan. She s nothing but a mercenary little gold digger. |
militia | The entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service. Their troops were untrained militia. |
mob | A flock or herd of animals. My mob travelled and traded with other people. |
mutiny | Engage in a mutiny against an authority. A mutiny by those manning the weapons could trigger a global war. |
police | The force of policemen and officers. The coroner will await the outcome of police inquiries. |
rabble | Ordinary people, especially when regarded as socially inferior or uncouth. He was met by a rabble of noisy angry youths. |
regiment | Form military personnel into a regiment. The powers of ecclesiastical regiment which none but the Church should wield. |
reinforcement | Information that makes more forcible or convincing. He used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook. |
riffraff | Disparaging terms for the common people. |
riot | Take part in a riot disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot. Riot police. |
rout | Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder. A rout of strangers ought not to be admitted. |
sergeant | A rank of non commissioned officer in the army or air force above corporal and below staff sergeant. |
surround | Surround so as to force to give up. The killings were surrounded by controversy. |
territorial | Displaying territoriality defending a territory from intruders. These sharks are aggressively territorial. |
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