One entry found for besiege.

Entry Word: besiege
Function: verb
Text: to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication <the army besieged the fort for six months before it finally surrendered>
Synonyms beleaguer, blockade, invest
Related Words barricade, block, cut off, dam, encircle; assail, assault, attack, beset; confine, insulate, isolate, quarantine
Phrases lay siege to
Near Antonyms emancipate, free, liberate, release, rescue