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English *noun*: besieging
1.	besieging (act) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
		Synonyms	beleaguering, military blockade, siege
		Broader (hypernym)	blockade, encirclement
		Instance hyponym	Alamo, Atlanta, Bataan, battle of Atlanta, Corregidor, Dien Bien Phu, Lucknow, Orleans, Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign, Pleven, Plevna, siege of Orleans, siege of Syracuse, siege of Syracuse, siege of Vicksburg, siege of Yorktown, Syracuse, Syracuse, Vicksburg, Yorktown
		Domain category	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine

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