beleaguerments

noun

plural of beleaguerment
as in sieges
the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies the devastating beleaguerment of Leningrad that lasted from September 1941 to January 1944

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  1. sieges
  2. blockades
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  • These groups saw the sieges as proof that the federal government was hunting gun owners and religious dissenters.
    — Art Jipson, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Which is why many Americans have begun to tire of the sieges in their communities.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Definition of sieges
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  • By then, a hundred and ninety students had already been injured as police cracked down on individual blockades at schools.
    — Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Hennepin County prosecutors have fought the DOJ for key evidence in Pretti’s death for months, after federal law enforcement repeatedly threw up blockades to their access.
    — Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of blockades
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“Beleaguerments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beleaguerments. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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