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Beleaguer   Listen
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Beleaguer  v. t.  (past & past part. beleaguered; pres. part. beleaguering)  To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade. "The wail of famine in beleaguered towns."
Synonyms: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.






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"Beleaguer" Quotes from Famous Books



... bands, enriched by plunder, and grown bold by success, began to assume the proportion of armies. Two rebels, Li Tsze-ch'eng and Shang K'o-hi, decided to divide the empire between them. Li besieged K'ai-feng Fu, the capital of Ho-nan, and so long and closely did he beleaguer it that in the consequent famine human flesh was regularly sold in the markets. At length an imperial force came to raise the siege, but fearful of meeting Li's army, they cut through the dykes of the Yellow River, "China's Sorrow," and flooded the ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 - "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" • Various

... having left Dantzic behind in the hands of the Prussians, Lefebvre was despatched with his new corps to beleaguer it. Savary drove the Russians from the Narew and out of Ostrolenka; Mortier threatened Stralsund and stopped the Swedes, who, as members of the coalition, were finally about to take an active share in the fighting. To strengthen the weakened ranks of the invaders, ...
— The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - Vol. III. (of IV.) • William Milligan Sloane



Words linked to "Beleaguer" :   blockade, bug, besiege, torment, surround, bedevil, crucify, assail, ebb, tease



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