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besiege

verb as in surround; assault

verb as in bother

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A letter sent to the Israeli government demanded the country end the isolation of the besieged north, where aid groups warn that civilians are being starved amid Israel’s military offensive.

From BBC

Airlines have been besieged by unruly passengers this year, the FAA said, citing roughly 1,700 incidents to date.

Nevine, the paramedic, explained that they had been "besieged" at the school for 16 or 17 days.

From BBC

One senior nurse - in a message heard by the BBC - speaks in an exhausted voice of relentless privations allegedly imposed by the Israelis besieging Jabalia.

From BBC

It quotes military sources as saying it came down in the Malha area, near the border with Chad, en route to the besieged city of el-Fasher.

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

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