besiege
Lay siege to
To besiege is to surround a place with armed forces, cutting off supplies and escape routes to force surrender: The army besieged the fortress for three months.
Extended uses describe being overwhelmed by demands or requests: The senator was besieged by reporters.
Someone besieged with problems faces them from all sides at once.
Sealing off a place
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- surroundEnclose on every side
- investCommit resources for gain
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
stronghold · battlements · ramparts · barricade · catapult · trebuchet · breach · sappers
Persistently torment someone
- houndHunting dog breed
- bombardAttack without ceasing
- inundateOverwhelm with excess
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
badger · pester · plague · importune · clamor · deluge · swamp · mob
blockade
Sealing off a place
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- surroundEnclose on every side
- investCommit resources for gain
fortifications · stronghold · battlements · ramparts · barricade · catapult · trebuchet · breach · sappers · palisade
harass
Persistently torment someone
overwhelm · badger · pester · plague · importune · clamor · deluge · swamp · mob · crowd
storm
Severe atmospheric disturbance
onslaught · charge · offensive · barrage · bombardment · blitz · incursion · skirmish · sortie · escalade
petition
Formal written appeal
lobby · urge · press · insist · request · solicit · beseech · plead · supplicate · clamor
- enclosingenvelop, surround, wrap, encircle, encase
- siegesbattering ram, trebuchet, catapult, scaling ladders, bombardment
- mob attackswarm, mob, gang up, pile on, dogpile
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- combat actionsstab, slash, parry, block, thrust
- Knight Actionsjoust, charge, duel, slay, defend
- besieged citySettlement encircled by attackers