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"To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer."
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"ref": "1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:",
"text": "When it arrived, the train was headed by a \"K\" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.",
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"(transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset."
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "belagern"
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"word": "bedrängen"
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "siejar"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "assediare"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "pāhau"
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pašarel",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "պաշարել"
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "asediar"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "обсаждам"
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "assetjar"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "圍攻"
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"roman": "wéigōng",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "围攻"
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "obléhat"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "belejre"
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "sieĝi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "piirittää"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "motittaa"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "assiéger"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "asediar"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "cercar"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "belagern"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "einkesseln"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "umzingeln"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "umstellen"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tzar",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "צָר"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "ostromol"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "siejar"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "mengepung"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "assediare"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "obsideō"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "aplenkt"
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"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "belageren"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "pāhau"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "uzingiza"
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "assiégi"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "beleire"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "omleire"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "oblegać"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "cercar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "sitiar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "assediar"
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "intuy"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "împresura"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "osaždátʹ",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"word": "осажда́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
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"word": "осади́ть"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "dèan sèist air"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "oblegati"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "asediar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "sitiar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "poner sitio"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "belägra"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "cuṭṭumuṭṭu",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "చుట్టుముట్టు"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "kuşatmak"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obstupaty oblohoju",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "обступати облогою"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "braty v oblohu",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "брати в облогу"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "obljahaty",
"sense": "to surround with armed forces",
"word": "облягати"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "belejre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "belagern"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "bedrängen"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "siejar"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "assediare"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "pāhau"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "pakipaki"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "cercar"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "assediar"
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
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"word": "окружа́ть"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "dèan sèist air"
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"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "asaeteado"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to vex, to attack continually",
"word": "belägra"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to assail or ply",
"word": "belagen"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to assail or ply",
"word": "assaillir"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assail or ply",
"word": "belagern"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assail or ply",
"word": "bedrängen"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to assail or ply",
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