BESIEGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of besiege in English

(Definition of besiege from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of besiege

besiege
There are few practices that can rival the genetic engineering of animals as both a symbol of nature besieged and as a catalyst for the mobilization of animal rights protest.
The factory was besieged and troops escorting a motor lorry bringing food to workers were attacked.
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We are already too late to stop many deaths in the besieged enclaves.
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Because if they are not rationed there will be empty places at some universities, and others, with high prestige, will be besieged for places.
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We were besieged with correspondence which suggested that this was one of the most iniquitous procedures.
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Armed soldiers, tanks and checkpoints surround the camps, some of which are virtually besieged.
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Small wonder that genitourinary clinics throughout the country are besieged by people wanting to know whether they are incubating the disease!
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The helpline has been overwhelmed and desperate claimants have besieged benefit offices.
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We have been quick to respond with relief flights to the opening up of besieged cities.
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We are besieged by justified demands for more money for the poor, the disabled, the chronic sick and the aged.
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Restrained optimism describes very accurately the way in which the people of this country have confronted the depression which has besieged the world since 1931.
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I am being besieged by constituents who ask me to help them to ensure that the home is not rebuilt.
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I do not know why it is precisely the common policy with the least funds that is most besieged by requests of all kinds.
They brought more than 130,000 people out of that besieged city.
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We will be besieged by goods from outside, and eventually we will be starved into defeat.
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Translations of besiege

in Chinese (Traditional)
圍攻, 圍困, 圍住…
in Chinese (Simplified)
围攻, 围困, 围住…
in Spanish
asediar, sitiar, cercar…
in Portuguese
cercar, assediar, sitiar…
in more languages
in Turkish
in French
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
kuşatmak, muhasara etmek, ablukaya almak…
assiéger, assaillir…
belegeren, bestormen…
obléhat, zavalit, obtěžovat…
belejre, plage…
mengepung, menyerbu…
โอบล้อมด้วยศัตรู, รุมเร้าด้วย…
bao vây, chất vấn…
otaczać, oblegać, nagabywać…
belägra, ansätta…
mengepung, mengerumuni…
belagern, bestürmen…
beleire, kringsette, overvelde…
робити облогу, оточувати…
осаждать…
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