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. President Donald Trump:

   We are literally being besieged in a beautiful way by companies that want to do the work and help our country.

2. 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.

3. Justin Bronk:

   They are no longer bombarding besieged cities so much, trying to dislodge rebels, instead they are trying to assist a more mobile, maneuverable style of engagement.

4. Miguel de Cervantes:

   'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies runs with one, walks gravely with another turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame it wounds one, another it kills like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment it makes that fort yield at night which it besieged but in the morning for there is no force able to resist it.

5. Joe Stork:

   The humanitarian picture in Falluja is bleak and getting bleaker, greater international attention to the besieged towns and cities of the region is needed or the results for civilians could be calamitous.