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besiege

verb as in surround; assault

verb as in bother

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Trump shared a controversial AI-generated video of Gaza, appearing to depict the besieged enclave as a Mediterranean resort run and operated by the US president.

From BBC

On the other side of the yellow police tape, a gathering chorus of a besieged community shouts the truth like a commentary track they know will never be heard.

Winning back the besieged army headquarters was also a huge boon earlier this month.

From BBC

Alawites have become a community besieged, set to be excluded — if not persecuted — by the Sunni political class now in ascendance.

The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, cited local sources as saying that Israeli forces were "completely besieging" Jenin camp, and that armoured bulldozers had dug up several streets.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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