beleaguerverb [ T ]
/bɪˈliː.ɡər//bɪˈliː.ɡɚ/formalto cause a lot of problems or difficulties for someone:
We have issues in our community that continue to plague and beleaguer us.
to surround someone in order to attack them:
They were beleaguered by enemy armies.
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- Conflicts and uncertainties beleaguered the court during the weeks following the King's death.
- A plague of doves hit the town in 1896, devouring crops and beleaguering the people.
- This is an issue that has beleaguered the shellfish industry for years.
- They are charged to lie in wait, beleaguer the enemy, and attack him when he is inattentive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom
- be climbing the walls idiom
- be for the high jump idiom
- be/come up against a brick wall idiom
- creek
- embattled
- fall into sth
- flounder
- frying pan
- fumble
- leg
- out of the frying pan into the fire idiom
- patch
- pickle
- pressed
- pushed
- ride
- rocky road idiom
- thin
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
Attacking & invading