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besiege
verb as in surround; assault
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And I will make a circle round about thee, and I will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.
One is that the English should have gone so far out of their way as to besiege Dunaverty so zealously, or at all.
Towards the end of March 1312 he was preparing to besiege Berwick with an unusually large force.
He was able to invade the latter country in force, and to besiege the city of Urmi for some weeks in the early seventies.
Not long after Guise's approach, fearing that his design was to besiege the city of Orleans, Coligny threw himself into it.
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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to besiege, such as: beleaguer, beset, blockade, encircle, hem/hem in, and trap.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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