Besiege Synonyms and Antonyms

bĭ-sēj
To surround with hostile troops
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beleaguer
  2. beset
  3. blockade
  4. invest
  5. siege
To surround and advance upon
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. close in
  2. enclose
  3. envelop
  4. hedge
  5. hem
Bother
(Verb)
Antonyms:
  1. leave-alone

Words Related to Besiege

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. open
  2. beseige
  3. put to flight
  4. besieged
  5. besieger
  6. behead
  7. imprison
  8. slay

Besiege Sentence Examples

  • His first action was to besiege Ptolemais.

  • By constructing an entrenched camp at Ulm and concentrating all the available food within it, he expected to compel Napoleon to invest and besiege him, and he anticipated that in the devastated country his adversary would be compelled to separate and thus fall an easy prey to the Russians.

  • Baldwin along with Dandolo, the count of Blois, and Marshal Villehardouin, the historian, marched to besiege that city.

  • At the end of 1155 Greek troops recovered Bari and began to besiege Brindisi.

  • An attempt made by the latter in the summer to besiege Maastricht was frustrated by Marshal Schomberg with a detachment of the king's army (August).

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