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Noun besieging has 1 sense
  1. 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:
     Alamo; Atlanta, battle of Atlanta; Bataan, Corregidor; Dien Bien Phu; Lucknow; Orleans, siege of Orleans; Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign; Plevna, Pleven; Syracuse, siege of Syracuse; Syracuse, siege of Syracuse; Vicksburg, siege of Vicksburg; Yorktown
,Verb besiege has 3 senses
  1. besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
    --1 is one way to attack, assail
    Derived form: noun besieger1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. besiege - cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"
    --2 is one way to     distress
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  3. besiege - harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"
    --3 is one way to     importune, insist
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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