belagern — meaning in English
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Senses
belagern is used for these senses in English:
- beleaguer To besiege; to surround with troops.
- besiege (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- besiege (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
- besiege to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
- lay siege (intransitive) Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege.
beleaguer — full definition
- verb To surround a place with an army in order to attack it.
- verb To trouble or torment someone constantly.
besiege — full definition
- verb To surround a place with soldiers in order to force the people inside to give up.
- verb To trouble or surround someone persistently.
- verb To keep asking someone for something, again and again.
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