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besiegesverbpresent tense third-person singular of besiege to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communicationarmies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered beleaguers, blockades, invests, leaguers(archaic) barricades, blocks, cuts off, dams, encirclesassails, assaults, attacks, besetsconfines, insulates, isolates, quarantines lays siege to emancipates, frees, liberates, releases, rescues to cause persistent suffering toa family besieged by worries about the faltering economy afflicts, agonizes, anguishes, bedevils, besets, curses, excruciates, harrows, persecutes, plagues, racks, torments, tortures assails, attacksbadgers, dogs, hounds, pursues, ridesaggravates, agitates, annoys, bothers, bugs, chafes, distresses, disturbs, exasperates, galls, gets, grates, gripes, hagrides, harasses, harries, irks, irritates, molests, nettles, peeves, pesters, piques, puts out, rasps, riles, vexesdiscomforts, discomposes, disquiets, flusters, grieves, perturbs, strains, stresses, tries, troubles, upsets, worriescrushes, oppresses, overpowers, overwhelms, smites, strikes, tyrannizes, victimizeshurts, pains, pangs, pricks, smarts, stabs, stings, wringsmartyrs abets, aids, assists, helpsdelivers, releases, relieves, reprievescomforts, consoles, contents, quiets, solaces, soothes, succors to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent mannerbereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war appeals (to), begs, beseeches, conjures, entreats, impetrates, implores, importunes, petitions, pleads (to), prays, solicits, supplicates bludges(chiefly Australian & New Zealand), cadges, mooches, spongesasks, desires, invokes, requests, suesclaims, coerces, commands, compels, demands, forces, insists, requires calls on(or calls upon) hints, implies, intimates, suggestsappeases, conciliates, gratifies, mollifies, obliges, pacifies, placates, pleases, satisfiescomforts, consoles, contents, quiets |