BESIEGE


Meaning of BESIEGE in English

(~s, besieging, ~d)

1.

If you are ~d by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.

She was ~d by the press and the public.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

2.

If soldiers ~ a place, they surround it and wait for the people in it to stop fighting or resisting.

The main part of the army moved to Sevastopol to ~ the town...

The Afghan air force was using helicopters to supply the ~d town.

VERB: V n, V-ed

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