Besieges synonyms
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Surround is defined as to enclose or circle around.
To besiege; to surround with troops.
To trap animals, esp. for their furs
A wind with a speed from 103 to 117 km (64 to 73 mi) per hour, rating 11 on the Beaufort scale.
To subject to a siege; besiege:
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To squeeze the juice or other contents from:
To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
To haunt or trouble in mind, esp. to an abnormal degree; preoccupy greatly
To act inappropriately in the eyes of peers, to backstab, to verbally abuse.
To trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly
To surround and shut in; enclose:
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To surround; encircle
To shut in all around; surround; encircle
To press, push, or shove
To keep within limits; restrict
To subject to a blockade
To attack from all sides; harass or besiege
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
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In criminal and tort law, an act, usually consisting of a threat or attempt to inflict bodily injury upon another person, coupled with the apparent present ability to succeed in carrying out the threat or the attempt if not prevented, that causes the person to have a reasonable fear or apprehension of immediate harmful or offensive contact. No intent to cause battery or the fear or apprehension is required so long as the victim is placed in reasonable apprehension or fear. No actual physical injury is needed to establish an assault, but if there is any physical contact, the act constitutes both an assault and a battery.
To attack verbally, as with ridicule or censure.
To pursue relentlessly and tenaciously:
To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
To plague diabolically; torment; harass
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To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
To surround on all sides; close in:
To enclose or bound with or as if with hedges.
(Metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
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To remove the wrapping from:
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