| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To surround with hostile troops: beleaguer, beset, blockade, invest, siege. Idioms: lay siege to . See ATTACK. 2. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harass, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit. See ATTACK. 3. To surround and advance upon: close in, enclose, envelop, hedge, hem. See OPEN.
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