The verb besiege means to circle someone or something in a threatening way or to surround a place with an army and preventing people or supplies from getting there.
While these tricks are useful in some situations, they are little help
when besieged
by a pack of dogs.
Fish farmers in Ang Thong and Ayutthaya yesterday threatened to besiege
Government House upon learning of the cabinet decision to put on hold
28 million baht in compensation for their losses caused by pollution in
the Chao Phraya.
Police and security forces besieged
an apartment building in Russia's violence-plagued Dagestan region and
killed three suspected militants, a law enforcement official said
yesterday.
The ancient Chinese commander Sun Tszu, wrote: ``The worst policy of
all is to besiege
walled cities.''
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