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beleaguering

 
Noun beleaguering 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 beleaguer has 2 senses
  1. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
    --1 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot beleaguer Sue
  2. besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
    --2 is one way to attack, assail
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
belden beldon bele noire beleager beleagered beleaguer beleaguer beleaguered beleaguering beleagured beleav beleave belef beleg belegrete beleguard belegured

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