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besiege v

Besiege means to surround a city, building, or similar place with soldiers and try to take control of it. Explore the term's definition, IPA/phonetic pronunciation, and usage examples.

Definition of besiege

  • to surround a city, building, or similar place with soldiers and try to take control of it
  • to overwhelm someone with too many questions or requests for things

Usage examples of besiege

Enemy soldiers tried to besiege the castle and cut off its food supply.

After the announcement, reporters besieged the mayor with questions.

Customer support was besieged by refund requests after the outage.

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