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Definition of Beleaguering
1. Noun. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
Generic synonyms: Blockade, Encirclement
Specialized synonyms: Alamo, Atlanta, Battle Of Atlanta, Bataan, Corregidor, Dien Bien Phu, Lucknow, Orleans, Siege Of Orleans, Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign, Pleven, Plevna, Siege Of Syracuse, Syracuse, Siege Of Syracuse, Syracuse, Siege Of Vicksburg, Vicksburg, Siege Of Yorktown, Yorktown
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Definition of Beleaguering
1. Verb. (present participle of beleaguer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beleaguering
1. beleaguer [v] - See also: beleaguer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beleaguering
Literary usage of Beleaguering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes from Plymouth Pulpit: A Collection of Memorable Passages from the by Henry Ward Beecher (1859)
"... TIME is to us as a beleaguering array; parallel after parallel is drawn around
us, and ever and anon we see an enemy's flag waving over some outwork. ..."
2. Of Joyous Gard by Frank Carr (1890)
"Hither, shall hide another royal love, But 'with beleaguering hosts: and with
the hosts Consuming suffering; so, the cordial Keep Be Dolorous Gard, again. ..."
3. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs by Robert Henry Charles (1908)
"0/3-a read " beleaguering, and dogs for rending in pieces of enemies. ...
The beleaguering may refer to Pompey's siege of Jerusalem. ..."
4. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1899)
"A Scottish force under the Earl of Leven, numbering about 20000 men, arrived from
the North, and formed a beleaguering line from about Poppleton Ferry to ..."
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