besiege

Verb
  1. Surround so as to force to give up (synset 201129837)
    "The Turks besieged Vienna"
    is a type of: assail, attack - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
    subtypes:
    • blockade, seal off - impose a blockade on
    • ebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
    same as: beleaguer, circumvent, hem in, surround
  2. Cause to feel distressed or worried (synset 201802298)
    "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"
    is a type of: distress - cause mental pain to
  3. Harass, as with questions or requests (synset 200780167)
    "The press photographers besieged the movie star"
    is a type of: importune, insist - beg persistently and urgently

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