- siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade - the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
--1 is a kind of blockade, encirclement
--1 has particulars:
- tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
--1 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot beleaguer Sue
- besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
--2 is one way to attack, assail
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something