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The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
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beleaguering
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of beleaguer English)
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n. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack [syn: siege , besieging , military blockade ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beleaguered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering .] [D. belegeren (akin to G. belagern, Sw. bel["a]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be- + leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See Lair .] To surround with an army ...
Usage examples of beleaguering.
But the beleaguering prince was so incensed against them for their long resistance that he said he would spare none but the women and children--all men should be put to the sword without exception, and all their goods destroyed.
One might have imagined he saw before him the tented camps of a beleaguering host of Brobdingnagians.
Sometimes he fancied that the wary savage, despairing of passing the beleaguering army of Montcalm, in safety, was holding his way towards a well known border settlement, where a distinguished officer of the crown, and a favoured friend of the Six Nations, held his large possessions, as well as his usual residence.
Having learnt from their scouts that the beleaguering force was gone, they had ridden on with the advanced guard.
He was still beleaguering the strike team, still wearing it down, still trying to take a few prizes alive.