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beleaguer

/ beleaguer /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
Type of:
attack assail
Kinds of:
blockade seal off ebb
Derived:
besieger
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
annoy persistently
"The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
Type of:
torment rag bedevil
Derived:
pest blighter cuss pesterer gadfly
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
27%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
14
Times Searched
1
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attack assail blockade seal off ebb torment rag bedevil