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beleaguering   (TTS Sound)

The noun beleaguering has 1 sense

• siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade -- (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)

The verb beleaguer has 2 senses

• tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer -- (annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer")


• besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent -- (surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna")