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Meanings of besieging in английском

португальский
sítio
каталонский
setge
испанский
cerco

The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.

        sítio
        Usage of besieging in английском
        1
        In May he took Upsala; by midsummer he was besieging Stockholm itself.
        Hero Tales of the Far North
        2
        People were besieging the provision shops to lay in stores of food.
        If Winter Comes
        3
        Stunned relatives gathered there, some weeping quietly, others besieging officials with questions.
        Reuters
        4
        And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
        5
        They had spent more than a year besieging San Michele and Podgora.
        The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
        6
        We find that the advance guards of winter are besieging the house.
        The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
        7
        French-American Attack on Savannah.-InSeptember, D'Estaing joined Lincoln in besieging that city.
        The Colored Regulars in the United States Army
        8
        The besieging army numbered about five thousand French and eleven thousand Americans.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders
        9
        She is besieging London, and she wishes the American to remain neutral.
        In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
        10
        Around the other city lay two armies besieging it, with flashing arms.
        The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) / Stories from the Classic...
        11
        A carpet of bushy grass was besieging the edge of the road.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        12
        The blockade was carefully prepared, as if they were besieging a fortress.
        Mademoiselle Fifi
        13
        Yet he knew that his power was besieging her on every side.
        Trailin'!
        14
        Truths which he did not wish to recognize were besieging him, inexorably.
        Les Misérables
        15
        They were bent on besieging thy palace, perhaps upon demanding thy abdication.
        Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II.
        16
        You didn't have anybody besieging you to marry before you were thirty.
        The Twenty-Fourth of June: Midsummer's Day
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        Translations for besieging
        португальский
        sítioassédiocerco
        каталонский
        setgeassetjament
        испанский
        cerco
        Besieging through the time
        Besieging across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common