'LIBERTY BESEIGED."

besiege

[bəˈsēj]

VERB

besieged (past tense) · besieged (past participle)

1. surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to.

   "the besieged city" ·

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   synonyms:

   lay siege to · beleaguer · blockade · surround · shut off · block off · invest

   • crowd around oppressively; surround and harass.
     "she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen"
     synonyms:

     surround · mob · crowd around · swarm around · throng around · ring around · encircle · hem in · shut in · set upon · fall upon · oppress · torment · torture ·

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   • (be besieged)
     be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints.
     "the television station was besieged with calls"
     synonyms:

     overwhelm · inundate · deluge · flood · swamp · snow under · bombard

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