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besiege
verb as in surround; assault
Example Sentences
The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, cited local sources as saying that Israeli forces were "completely besieging" Jenin camp, and that armoured bulldozers had dug up several streets.
After the book’s release, Oosterhoff said he was besieged by requests and carried out 13 euthanasia procedures that year.
In Aleppo, Douma and elsewhere, the regime forces besieged rebel-held areas, cutting off food and medicine supplies, and proceeded to bomb them until armed opposition groups surrendered.
Thousands of structures have been damaged in the fires that have besieged Los Angeles.
Things seem destined to grow worse across a wide swath of Los Angeles and its besieged neighbors.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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