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Synonyms for besieged
be·sieged
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Princeton's WordNet
besiegedadjective
surrounded by hostile forces
"the besieged town"
Antonyms:
unenclosed
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "besieged":
embattled, trapped, surrounded, beleaguered, sieged, enclosed, cordoned, siege, beset
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#8801 | surrounded | |
#9610 | enclosed | |
#12176 | trapped | |
#15306 | siege | |
#46693 | beset | |
#48047 | besieged | |
#53453 | embattled | |
#55613 | beleaguered | |
#116229 | cordoned |
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According to our estimates, about 160,000 people are in the besieged city of Mariupol today, where it is impossible to live because there is no water, no electricity, no heat, no connection, and it's really scary.
'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies runs with one, walks gravely with another turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame it wounds one, another it kills like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment it makes that fort yield at night which it besieged but in the morning for there is no force able to resist it.
We are literally being besieged in a beautiful way by companies that want to do the work and help our country.
It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.
At the brink of conflict, nuclear command and warning networks around the world may be besieged by electronic intruders whose onslaught degrades the coherence and rationality of nuclear decision-making.
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