Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of besieging.
- noun A state of siege; beleaguerment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.
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- noun The act of
besieging , or the state of being besieged.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But his "besiegement" is also due to the beginning of a process of abandonment by the Republican party.
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But his "besiegement" is also due to the beginning of a process of abandonment by the Republican party.
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I visited Guantanamo and Camp Delta last summer, and the setting just knocked me over with all its exotic and bizarre touches, as well as with its overwhelming sense of claustrophobia and besiegement.
A Conversation with Dan Fesperman about The Prisoner of Guantanamo 2010
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Matthew McConaughey, who sadly owns no upper-body garments, is the most notorious beneficiary of the besiegement ruse.
Eric Dezenhall: Crashing Nowhere: The Salahis' Interminable Exit 2010
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The Arab oil embargo, blamed on Israel, heightened the feeling of besiegement, as did the 1975 U.N. resolution equating Zionism with racism.
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Every year the Telluride Film Festival pits the movies against the mountains — how much time do you want to spend sitting in the dark when you can be out on the town, surrounded to the point of besiegement by the splendor of the Rockies?
Thin Air, Rich Fare 2010
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The West Bank is rapidly undergoing its own version of disengagement and besiegement, with similar predictable results.
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This psychology has not just made peace hard for Israelis to believe in, but by reinforcing the Israeli/Jewish sense of besiegement it has helped ensure the futility of Palestinian resistance - especially violent opposition - against the occupation.
Mark Levine: What Good is Winning the Wars if you Lose the Peace? 2008
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And I don't think that liberalism long survives besiegement by thought.
David Mamet writes about "this worldview with which I now found myself disenchanted: that everything is always wrong." Ann Althouse 2008
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The besiegement of a people can only erode moderation, foment hatred, and bring Palestinians and Israelis back to darker times.
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