Synonyms for besieged
be·sieged

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1. besiegedadjective

   surrounded by hostile forces

   "the besieged town"

   Antonyms:
   unenclosed

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1. List of paraphrases for "besieged":

   embattled, trapped, surrounded, beleaguered, sieged, enclosed, cordoned, siege, beset

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1. Abu Samer:

   Large convoys of (government) troops are moving from the airport and from Ashrafiyat Sahnaya (the next town south), we are prepared to repel their assault but our main fear is for the civilians besieged in the town who face severe shortages of food.

2. De Mistura:

   ( There is) disappointment, frustration indeed, particularly in this period when we are expecting incremental improvements in reaching places which are besieged.

3. Abu Shamia:

   There are fighters who want to go to (opposition-held) Idlib but this was rejected after we were besieged.

4. Nasr Hariri:

   We want more pressure on the regime to engage in the negotiation and continue in the negotiation to reach a political solution in six months, as (U.N. Security Council Resolution) 2254 says, just speaking about a political transition without any advancement, we will lose our trust in the process and our people will lose their trust in us and in the process itself. Hariri said Syria and its ally Iran wanted the fighting to continue until they could declare a military victory, and they were not abiding by agreements to de-escalate the fighting in areas such as Eastern Ghouta, a besieged rebel-held enclave.

5. Benjamin Disraeli:

   It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.