| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To disturb by repeated attacks: annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment, worry. See FEELINGS, PAIN. 2. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, fall on or (upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal : light into, pitch into. See ATTACK. 3. To surround with hostile troops: beleaguer, besiege, blockade, invest, siege. Idioms: lay siege to . See ATTACK. 4. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, harass, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit. See ATTACK. 5. To shut in on all sides: begird, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring1, surround. See OPEN.
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