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
For 73 days the city that had never yet fallen to a besieger had fought off attack after attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they did, they often found that a determined besieger had got there before them.
From Time Magazine Archive
That space will have to be crossed by sap, and it needs little imagination to realize how great the task will be for the besieger.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
In 1593 the leaguer of Geertruidenburg put the seal on Maurice’s reputation as an invincible besieger.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
