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TOEFL BNC: 13751 COCA: 14890

besiege

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
besiege /bɪˈsiːʤ/ verb
besieges; besieged; besieging
besiege
/bɪˈsiːʤ/
verb
besieges; besieged; besieging
Learner's definition of BESIEGE
[+ object]
: to surround a city, building, etc., with soldiers and try to take control of it包围;围困;围攻
: to gather around (someone) in a way that is aggressive, annoying, etc.团团围住;围困usually used as (be) besieged通常用作(be) besieged
: to overwhelm (someone) with too many questions or requests for things(用大量提问、要求等)使应接不暇
usually used as (be) besieged通常用作(be) besieged
TOEFL BNC: 13751 COCA: 14890

besiege

verb

be·​siege bi-ˈsēj How to pronounce besiege (audio)
bē-
besieged; besieging

transitive verb

1
military : to surround with armed forces
The army had besieged the castle.
2
a
: to press with requests : importune
besieging the royal ministers with petitions … T. B. Costain
besieged by the media
b
: to cause worry or distress to : beset
doubts besieged him
besieger noun

Example Sentences

Customers have besieged the company with questions.
Recent Examples on the Web Russian forces continued to besiege the steel plant into Sunday with airstrikes; artillery bombardment; tank, drone and sniper fire, as well as infantry assaults, the fighters said. Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2022 The British Defense Ministry says Russia’s decision to besiege rather than attack the plant means many Russian units cannot be redeployed elsewhere in the country. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022 Experts say Russia may try to besiege Ukrainian forces by linking its troops in the north and the south. Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022 Now in its second month, the war has turned into a grinding ordeal as Russian forces continue to besiege the north and south of Ukraine while counteroffensives have pushed Russian soldiers back from advancing on the capital, Kyiv. Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2022 At the same time, an airlift would counter Russia’s strategy to besiege the Ukrainian people, boost Ukrainian morale, and increase international efforts to aid Ukraine. Douglas J. Feith And John Hannah, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2022 However, British defense officials reported Saturday that the Russian military continues to besiege a number of other major Ukrainian cities, including Chernihiv, which is located 91 miles from Kyiv. Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022 Russia's forces have been heavily bombing Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv for days, with dozens of civilian deaths—now, their terror is coming to besiege Kyiv. David Meyer, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2022 But 73% of that immense fortune has now evaporated, and the tycoon will almost certainly lose even more as anxious creditors, suppliers and homebuyers besiege Evergrande’s offices. Yue Wang, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of besiege was in the 13th century
TOEFL BNC: 13751 COCA: 14890

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