besiege | (verb) harass, as with questions or requests | - |
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(verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: beleaguer, circumvent, hem in, surround |
(verb) cause to feel distressed or worried | - |
besieged | (adjective) surrounded by hostile forces | - |
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besieger | (noun) an enemy who lays siege to your position | - |
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(noun) an energetic petitioner | - |
besieging | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: beleaguering, military blockade, siege |
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blitzkrieg | (noun) a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment | Synonyms: blitz |
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(verb) fight a quick and surprising war | - |
liege | (adjective) owing or owed feudal allegiance and service | - |
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(noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudatory, liege subject, liegeman, vassal |
(noun) a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service | Synonyms: liege lord |
liegeman | (noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudatory, liege, liege subject, vassal |
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moviegoer | (noun) someone who goes to see movies | Synonyms: motion-picture fan |
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pichiciego | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago |
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siege | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: beleaguering, besieging, military blockade |
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spiegel | (noun) pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel | Synonyms: spiegel iron, spiegeleisen |
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spiegeleisen | (noun) pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel | Synonyms: spiegel, spiegel iron |
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variegate | (verb) make something more diverse and varied | Synonyms: motley, vary |
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(verb) change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors | - |
variegated | (adjective) having a variety of colors | Synonyms: varicolored, varicoloured |
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variegation | (noun) the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered) | Synonyms: diversification |
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(noun) variability in coloration | - |