Besieging

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which a place is besieged.

    "[…] stories of warriors and abbots and bards, of feudal lords at ruthless war with each other, of besiegings and battles and captives and torments."

  2. 2
    the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of besiege form-of, gerund, participle, present

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beleagueringmilitary blockadesiegesiege

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"Robert was always besieging people with requests."

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