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besieged

adjective as in under siege; surrounded

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Footage circulating on social media of besieged vehicles on the Dakar-Bamako corridor had been taken out of context, he insisted.

From BBC

An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher and is intended to trap people inside, according to research from Yale University.

From BBC

Sittwe is now besieged and accessible only by sea and air.

From BBC

The women at the community kitchen in the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher are sitting in huddles of desperation.

From BBC

This category of besieged and suspect personhood inevitably expands to include political “enemies.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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