Beleaguer

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  • transitive verb. To harass; beset.
  • transitive verb. To surround with troops; besiege.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To besiege; surround with an army so as to preclude escape; blockade.
  • Synonyms To invest, lay siege to, beset.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To besiege; to surround with troops.
  • verb. To vex, harass, or beset.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. annoy persistently
  • verb. surround so as to force to give up
    • Word Usage
    "Either way, until all schools are created equal, such drastic and sweeping policies will only aggravate the inconsistencies and inequities that already beleaguer our school system."
    Form
    beleaguerment  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bedevil  crucify  dun  frustrate  rag  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eger  Seeger  eager  leaguer  meager  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    annoy  bedevil  beset  besiege  block up  
    verb-form
    beleaguered  beleaguering  beleaguers  
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