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The act or state of being assailed, harassed, or surrounded.

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Usage examples (20)
  • Verb (used with object), : Vacationers besieged the travel office
  • And I don't think that liberalism long survives besiegement by thought.
  • Matthew McConaughey, who sadly owns no upper-body garments, is the most notorious beneficiary of the besiegement ruse.
  • The West Bank is rapidly undergoing its own version of disengagement and besiegement, with similar predictable results.
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