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BELEAGUER

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surround so as to force to give up

Example:

The Turks besieged Vienna

Synonyms:

beleaguer; besiege; circumvent; hem in; surround

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "beleaguer" is one way to...):

assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "beleaguer"):

blockade; seal off (impose a blockade on)

ebb (hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Annoy persistently

Example:

The children teased the boy because of his stammer

Synonyms:

badger; beleaguer; bug; pester; tease

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "beleaguer" is one way to...):

bedevil; crucify; dun; frustrate; rag; torment (treat cruelly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot beleaguer Sue

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