Besiege

//bəˈsiːd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "besiege" (100 found)

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Related word relations

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derived from

1 entries

manner of

3 entries

related to

7 entries

Translations

83 translations across 41 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πολιορκέω verb (to surround with armed forces)

Arabic

1 entries
  • حَاصَرَ verb (to surround with armed forces)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պաշարել verb (to surround with armed forces)

Asturian

1 entries
  • asediar verb (to surround with armed forces)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • обкръжавам verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • обсаждам verb (to surround with armed forces)

Catalan

1 entries
  • assetjar verb (to surround with armed forces)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 圍攻 /围攻 verb (to surround with armed forces)

Czech

1 entries
  • obléhat verb (to surround with armed forces)

Danish

2 entries
  • belejre verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • belejre verb (to vex, to attack continually)

Dutch

2 entries
  • belagen verb (to assail or ply)
  • belegeren verb (to surround with armed forces)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • sieĝi verb (to surround with armed forces)

Finnish

2 entries
  • motittaa verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • piirittää verb (to surround with armed forces)

French

2 entries
  • assaillir verb (to assail or ply)
  • assiéger verb (to surround with armed forces)

Galician

3 entries
  • asediar verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • cercar verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • sitiar verb (to surround with armed forces)

German

4 entries
  • bedrängen verb (to vex, to attack continually)
  • bedrängen verb (to assail or ply)
  • belagern verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • belagern verb (to vex, to attack continually)

Greek

1 entries
  • πολιορκώ verb (to surround with armed forces)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צָר verb (to surround with armed forces)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ostromol verb (to surround with armed forces)

Ido

2 entries
  • siejar verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • siejar verb (to vex, to attack continually)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • mengepung verb (to surround with armed forces)

Italian

2 entries
  • assediare verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • assediare verb (to vex, to attack continually)

Latin

1 entries
  • obsideō verb (to surround with armed forces)

Latvian

1 entries
  • aplenkt verb (to surround with armed forces)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • belageren verb (to surround with armed forces)

Māori

4 entries
  • awhi verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • pakipaki verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • pakipaki verb (to vex, to attack continually)
  • pāhau verb (to surround with armed forces)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • uzingiza verb (to surround with armed forces)

Norman

1 entries
  • assiégi verb (to surround with armed forces)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • beleire verb (to surround with armed forces)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • omleire verb (to surround with armed forces)

Polish

1 entries
  • oblegać verb (to surround with armed forces)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • assediar verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • assediar verb (to vex, to attack continually)
  • assediar verb (to assail or ply)
  • cercar verb (to surround with armed forces)

Quechua

1 entries
  • intuy verb (to surround with armed forces)

Romanian

1 entries
  • împresura verb (to surround with armed forces)

Russian

4 entries
  • окружа́ть verb (to vex, to attack continually)
  • окружи́ть verb (to vex, to attack continually)
  • осади́ть verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • осади́ть verb (to vex, to attack continually)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • dèan sèist air verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • dèan sèist air verb (to vex, to attack continually)

Slovene

1 entries
  • oblegati verb (to surround with armed forces)

Spanish

4 entries
  • asaetar verb (to vex, to attack continually)
  • asaetear verb (to vex, to attack continually)
  • asediar verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • poner sitio verb (to surround with armed forces)

Swedish

2 entries
  • belägra verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • belägra verb (to vex, to attack continually)

Telugu

1 entries
  • చుట్టుముట్టు verb (to surround with armed forces)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kuşatmak verb (to surround with armed forces)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • брати в облогу verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • облягати verb (to surround with armed forces)
  • обступати облогою verb (to surround with armed forces)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.

Source: wiktionary

They should have inflicted a much heavier loss on their besieged opponents, the highlight being a late goal for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins on debut after he came on as a substitute.

Source: wiktionary

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