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  2. The meaning of BESIEGE is to surround with armed forces. How to use besiege in a sentence.

  3. to surround a place, especially with an army, to prevent people or supplies getting in or out: The town had been besieged for two months but still resisted the aggressors. When someone is besieged, a lot of people surround them: When the pop star tried to leave her hotel, she was besieged by waiting journalists and fans.

  4. Besieged definition: (of a fortified place) under siege; surrounded by enemy forces and cut off from help or supplies. See examples of BESIEGED used in a sentence.

  5. to surround a place, esp. with an army, to prevent people or supplies from getting in or out: fig. After the controversial show, the television network was besieged with complaints. A person who is besieged is surrounded: Mick Jagger was besieged by fans at the airport.

  6. verb (used with object) , be·sieged, be·sieg·ing. to lay siege to. to crowd around; crowd in upon; surround: Vacationers besieged the travel office. to assail or ply, as with requests or demands. Synonyms: hound, harry, harass, pester, beset. besiege. / bɪˈsiːdʒ / verb.

  7. Synonyms for BESIEGED: blockaded, attacked, beleaguered, encircled, assaulted, leaguered, laid siege to, barricaded; Antonyms of BESIEGED: liberated, rescued, released, freed, emancipated, aided, assisted, helped.

  8. 1. To surround with hostile forces: The soldiers besieged the walled city. 2. To crowd around; hem in: Fans besieged the star as she came out of the hotel. 3. To harass or overwhelm, as with requests: a shop owner besieged by job applications.

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