0 present participle of besiege
1 to surround a place, especially with an army, to prevent people or supplies getting in or out:
The town had been besieged for two months but still resisted the aggressors.
When the pop star tried to leave her hotel, she was besieged by waiting journalists and fans.
After showing the controversial documentary, the channel was besieged with phone calls from angry viewers.
But principled legislation must be separated from the absolute detritus of paperwork that is besieging our small businesses, hospitals, schools and police stations.
They have been besieging me all the afternoon.
The free-for-all has landed us with the unemployment problem which is besieging communities like my own.
Nearly all of these skills are offensive in nature, besieging the enemy with elemental calamity.
Though his physically weak and exhausted entourage of 2,000 infantry tried to elude the besieging forces, they were not fast enough to escape safely.
The garrison had inflicted between 5001000 casualties on the besieging force and numerous more men had been taken prisoner.
A besieging army must be prepared to repel both sorties from the besieged area and also any attack that may try to relieve the defenders.
Behind the trenches there were earth banks, and on these wooden walls to protect the besieging soldiers, with strong towers at intervals.
