besets
Harasses from everywhere
Besets is the third-person singular of beset, meaning to trouble persistently or attack from all sides.
Problems, doubts, or difficulties beset someone: Financial troubles beset the company from the start.
The word implies being surrounded or hemmed in by something unpleasant: The dangers that beset travelers in that region.
Attacks with intensity
- assaultsViolent physical attacks
- bombardsAttacks with heavy fire
- besiegesEncircles to force surrender
- stormsViolent atmospheric disturbances
ambushes · surrounds · encircles · entraps · swarms · descends · closes · presses
Mass outbreaks of disease
- tormentsCauses severe distress
- troublesDistressing difficulties
- harassesPersistently torments another
- ailsCauses suffering to
burdens · oppresses · persecutes · vexes · haunts · hounds · dogs · nags
Without stopping or weakening
- continuallyWithout pause or interruption
- constantlyAt all times
- repeatedlyMany times over
- endlesslyWithout termination or limit
perpetually · chronically · habitually · recurrently · incessantly · unceasingly · doggedly · stubbornly
assails
Attacks with intensity
storms · ambushes · surrounds · encircles · entraps · swarms · descends · closes · presses · advances
plagues
Mass outbreaks of disease
ails · burdens · oppresses · persecutes · vexes · haunts · hounds · dogs · nags · grips
relentlessly
Without stopping or weakening
- continuallyWithout pause or interruption
- constantlyAt all times
- repeatedlyMany times over
endlessly · perpetually · chronically · habitually · recurrently · incessantly · unceasingly · doggedly · stubbornly · persistently