besieged
Example Sentences
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"We were besieged inside our house and couldn't leave," she recalls, describing how power, water and internet connections were all severed.
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
The conflict has triggered a humanitarian crisis with the UN warning that families trapped in the besieged city faced starvation.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
