beleaguered

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beleaguered}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Beleaguering}.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.
   belagern, Sw. bel[aum]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be-
   + leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See {Lair}.]
   To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to
   besiege; to blockade.
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         The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.
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   Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "beleaguered":
      barred, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, cabined, caged,
      cloistered, closed-in, confined, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off,
      corralled, cramped, cribbed, enclosed, fenced, hedged, hemmed,
      immured, imprisoned, incarcerated, jailed, leaguered, mewed, paled,
      penned, pent-up, quarantined, railed, restrained, shut-in, walled,
      walled-in
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