Besiege
verb
Surround a place with armed forces to make it surrender or capture it.
The troops besieged the fortress for several months.
Often appears as...
- besiege a city
- besiege a castle
verb
To stress or bother a lot with persistent requests or problems.
The company was besieged with lawsuits.
Often appears as...
- besieged with problems
- besieged with questions
verb
Surround a place with armed forces to make it surrender or capture it.
The troops besieged the fortress for several months.
Often appears as...
- besiege a city
- besiege a castle
verb
To stress or bother a lot with persistent requests or problems.
The company was besieged with lawsuits.
Often appears as...
- besieged with problems
- besieged with questions
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Warfare Context
Use 'besiege' to describe military tactics in historical or fantasy contexts.
The ancient city was besieged until its walls crumbled.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Siege
'Besiege' implies a prolonged effort, not a quick assault.
The soldiers prepared to besiege the castle through the winter.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Confinement
To 'besiege' suggests active containment, preventing entry or escape.
Rebels besieged the port, cutting off all trade routes.
Pro Tip 1/3Warfare Context
Use 'besiege' to describe military tactics in historical or fantasy contexts.
The ancient city was besieged until its walls crumbled.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Siege
'Besiege' implies a prolonged effort, not a quick assault.
The soldiers prepared to besiege the castle through the winter.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Confinement
To 'besiege' suggests active containment, preventing entry or escape.
Rebels besieged the port, cutting off all trade routes.
Pro Tip 1/3Warfare Context
Use 'besiege' to describe military tactics in historical or fantasy contexts.
The ancient city was besieged until its walls crumbled.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Siege
'Besiege' implies a prolonged effort, not a quick assault.
The soldiers prepared to besiege the castle through the winter.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Confinement
To 'besiege' suggests active containment, preventing entry or escape.
Rebels besieged the port, cutting off all trade routes.
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Video examples
Two Nameless Bodies...
on planet Earth. They've been bombed by the military, they've been besieged, they've been stormed by ISIS and they've been cut off from supplies for years. There was a UN official who visited last year, and he said, "They ate all the grass so there was no grass left."
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Steven Pinker: Human...
And the starting point is the -- for that discussion was the fact that we have all been subject to the advice of the parenting industrial complex. Now, here is -- here is a representative quote from a besieged
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Body-Snatching Wasp...
these besieged plants have actually sent up a chemical mist an SOS to these black wasps why because black wasps are known as a feed killers and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now
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The myth of Loki’s...
Three fearsome figures haunted his a massive, writhing shadow; a shambling, rotting corpse; and worst of all, a monstrous beast with a deadly bite. Night after night, the creatures besieged the king.
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The Messiah Before...
tells an apocalyptic story much of the wording has eroded but what remains is a vivid tale of Jerusalem besieged by armies and a final battle in which a prince of princes will combat the Antichrist
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How tsunamis work - Alex...
In 479 BC, when Persian soldiers besieged the Greek city of Potidaea, the tide retreated much farther than usual, leaving a convenient invasion route.
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Sardine Feeding Frenzy PIPE...
folding their wings behind them to minimize the force of impact. Besieged on all sides, the sardine defense starts to fail.
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Parasitic Wasps & Aphids...
here in the southeastern United States these besieged plants have actually sent
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Parasitic Wasps PIPE...
here in the southeastern United States these besieged plants have actually sent
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China's Warrior King PIPE...
towns are besieged
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Two Nameless Bodies...
on planet Earth. They've been bombed by the military, they've been besieged, they've been stormed by ISIS and they've been cut off from supplies for years. There was a UN official who visited last year, and he said, "They ate all the grass so there was no grass left."
Video examples
Steven Pinker: Human...
And the starting point is the -- for that discussion was the fact that we have all been subject to the advice of the parenting industrial complex. Now, here is -- here is a representative quote from a besieged
Video examples
Body-Snatching Wasp...
these besieged plants have actually sent up a chemical mist an SOS to these black wasps why because black wasps are known as a feed killers and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now
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The myth of Loki’s...
Three fearsome figures haunted his a massive, writhing shadow; a shambling, rotting corpse; and worst of all, a monstrous beast with a deadly bite. Night after night, the creatures besieged the king.
Video examples
The Messiah Before...
tells an apocalyptic story much of the wording has eroded but what remains is a vivid tale of Jerusalem besieged by armies and a final battle in which a prince of princes will combat the Antichrist
Video examples
How tsunamis work - Alex...
In 479 BC, when Persian soldiers besieged the Greek city of Potidaea, the tide retreated much farther than usual, leaving a convenient invasion route.
Video examples
Sardine Feeding Frenzy PIPE...
folding their wings behind them to minimize the force of impact. Besieged on all sides, the sardine defense starts to fail.
Video examples
Parasitic Wasps & Aphids...
here in the southeastern United States these besieged plants have actually sent
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Parasitic Wasps PIPE...
here in the southeastern United States these besieged plants have actually sent
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China's Warrior King PIPE...
towns are besieged
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Michael Eric Dyson
American Author
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American halo. He had an Afro halo. He was a kid who was capable of embodying all of the high possibilities and the deep griefs that besieged the African American psyche.
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Robert Dallek
American Historian
Besieged by lawsuits that threatened to engulf almost everyone at the White House, Clinton assistants shunned paper or e-mail records of their daily deliberations. One told me that he would go down the hall to confer with his division chief face to face rather than discuss an issue on the telephone.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers.
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David Leavitt
American Novelist
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer pleasure of it, and the besieged adult, writing to make a living, having to contend with a very competitive, very unreliable world in which public image counts.
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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Iraqi Public Servant
The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyers in South Africa, but we were the only firm of African lawyers. For Africans, we were the firm of first choice and last resort.
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Sean Parker
American Businessman
At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.
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Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Canadian Businessman
The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded by enemies who want to make them disappear.
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Lactantius
Author
When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
I'm aware of how lucky I am. Being able to make pretty good money, and get to do a lot of fun work, and at the same time I'm not besieged by photographers.
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Michael Eric Dyson
American Author
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American halo. He had an Afro halo. He was a kid who was capable of embodying all of the high possibilities and the deep griefs that besieged the African American psyche.
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Robert Dallek
American Historian
Besieged by lawsuits that threatened to engulf almost everyone at the White House, Clinton assistants shunned paper or e-mail records of their daily deliberations. One told me that he would go down the hall to confer with his division chief face to face rather than discuss an issue on the telephone.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers.
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David Leavitt
American Novelist
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer pleasure of it, and the besieged adult, writing to make a living, having to contend with a very competitive, very unreliable world in which public image counts.
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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Iraqi Public Servant
The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyers in South Africa, but we were the only firm of African lawyers. For Africans, we were the firm of first choice and last resort.
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Sean Parker
American Businessman
At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.
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Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Canadian Businessman
The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded by enemies who want to make them disappear.
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Lactantius
Author
When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
I'm aware of how lucky I am. Being able to make pretty good money, and get to do a lot of fun work, and at the same time I'm not besieged by photographers.
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