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besieged

adjective as in under siege; surrounded

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There was Carol White, a ho-hum homemaker who finds herself besieged by multiple chemical sensitivity in Safe.

The people in charge of the convoys distributed the hejab to the besieged women along with the cartons of food.

I remember the days of the Bosnian war (1992—1995), when Saudi Arabia sent convoys of aid to those besieged in Sarajevo.

And late Friday night there were more strikes on outlying areas of the besieged city now mostly empty of civilians.

During the ensuing years, Mandelbaum was besieged by a series of illnesses.

When a besieged city suspects a mine, do not the inhabitants dig underground, and meet their enemy at his work?

As the siege progressed besiegers and besieged actually came to know each other by sight.

A vigorous attack was met by a spirited defence, the besieged frequently sallying and fighting at the outworks.

Prince of Conde, at the head of 2000 cavalry, threw himself into Cambray, then besieged by marshal Turenne.

Our dragoman kept at bay all the clamouring crowd of porters, guides and nondescripts of all colours and races that besieged us.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to besieged, such as: assailed, attacked, beleaguered, blockaded, surrounded, and encircled.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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