Beleaguer

Word BELEAGUER
Character 9
Hyphenation be lea guer
Pronunciations /bəˈliː.ɡə/

Definitions and meanings of "Beleaguer"

What do we mean by beleaguer?

To harass; beset. transitive verb

To surround with troops; besiege. transitive verb

To besiege; surround with an army so as to preclude escape; blockade.

Synonyms To invest, lay siege to, beset.

To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade. transitive verb

To besiege; to surround with troops. verb

To vex, harass, or beset. verb

Annoy persistently verb

Surround so as to force to give up verb

To besiege; to surround with troops.

To vex, harass, or beset.

To exhaust.

A word used to describe Apple Computer by tech journalists, regardless of Apple's real performance. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Beleaguer

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The word "beleaguer" in example sentences

Either way, until all schools are created equal, such drastic and sweeping policies will only aggravate the inconsistencies and inequities that already beleaguer our school system. ❋ Elizabeth Hampton (2011)

Serious troubles continue to beleaguer the operators of the Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture that was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At length, our leaders decided to beleaguer the city with siege machines, so that we might enter and worship the Savior at the Holy Sepulcher. ❋ Unknown (2009)

THAROOR: But Richard, where haven't we be generous -- look, after the Mumbai attacks, India deliberately chose not to adopt and beleaguer (ph) on military posturing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An Australian employee of international mining giant Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. was shot dead while traveling by car near the company's massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia's remote Papua province before dawn on Saturday, showing how simmering separatist tensions continue to beleaguer President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A similar verse can be found in chapter 9, verse 5 -- which in its snipped, out of context version could read: "fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war." ❋ Unknown (2009)

It avoids some of the diplomatic ploys of the big powers that beleaguer the international mechanisms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is that number for effect or does it reflect the wide net cast to beleaguer Bill? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Beleguered [Apple Computer] only has [4 billion] dollars in [cash] lying arround, sucks to be them. ❋ The_Gobbler (2003)

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