beleaguer – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
beleaguer
v.
surround with troops, besiege; harass
beleaguer
Verb
1. annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
(synonym) tease, badger, pester, bug
(hypernym) torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
2. surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
(synonym) besiege, surround, hem in, circumvent
(hypernym) attack, assail
(hyponym) blockade, seal off
Beleaguer
(v. t.)
To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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beleaguer
Synonyms and related words:
annoy, bedevil, beset, besiege, blockade, bound, box in, cage, chamber, close in, compass, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, envelop, fence in, gnaw, harass, harry, hedge in, hem in, house in, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, invest, jail, kennel, lay siege to, leaguer, mew, mew up, pen, pen in, pester, plague, pocket, quarantine, rail in, shrine, shut in, shut up, siege, soften up, stable, storm, surround, tease, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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