besiege
verb (used with object)
to lay siege to.
Example Sentences
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In the back-and-forth of fantasies of conquest and submission between panicked Catholics and renascent Muslims, Islam plays an ambiguous role, as both the feared besieger and the admirable Other.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 19, 2015
When they did, they often found that a determined besieger had got there before them.
From Time Magazine Archive
For 73 days the city that had never yet fallen to a besieger had fought off attack after attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Owing to its situation, and the rocky nature of the ground over which a besieger must advance, it is still serviceable as the key to the frontier.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
The besieger therefore could place his guns close to the walls, with only the protection of a few large gabions filled with earth, set up on the ground on either side of the muzzle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
