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besieging   (TTS Sound)

The noun besieging 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 besiege has 3 senses

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


• besiege -- (cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged")


• besiege -- (harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star")