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Besieged
/bəˈsiːd͡ʒd/
To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
📖 Definitions of "Besieged"
verb
- 1
To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- 2
To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
- 3
To assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
🔄 Synonyms of "Besieged"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| enclosed | Contained; held within a container. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Besieged"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| enclosed | Contained; held within a container. |
| assaulted | sexually abused |
| attackedverb | (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something. |
| beleaguered | (figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty. |
| besetverb | (transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides. |
| blockadeverb | The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out. |
| blockadedverb | preventing entry or exit or a course of action |
| blocked | Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded. |
| caught | (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it. |
| confined | Not free to move. |
| cordonedverb | (transitive) Synonym of cordon off. |
| cornered | (figuratively) Of a person or animal, forced into a difficult or inescapable situation. |
| embattled | (figuratively) Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure. |
| encircled | enclosed within a circle |
| netted | Synonym of reticulated (“formed like a grid or network”). |
| plagued | Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something). |
| ravagedverb | having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence |
| siegeverb | (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. |
| siegedverb | (transitive, uncommon) To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege. |
| stranded | (of a person) Abandoned or marooned. |
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