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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Beleaguering (0.01493 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: beleaguering
beleaguering
n : the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified
place and isolates it while continuing to attack [syn:
siege,
besieging,
military blockade]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Beleaguering
Beleaguer
\Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Beleaguered; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Beleaguering.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.
belagern, Sw. bel["a]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be- +
leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See
Lair.]
To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to
besiege; to blockade.
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The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.
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Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
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