Definition of "besieges" [besieges]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besiege. (verb)

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• "It helps us sort and prioritize the flood of information that besieges us every hour."
• "Unsurprisingly, partisan Democrats such as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) have embarked on what can only be described as a smear campaign, seeking to manipulate the American people into believing some fictitious scenario exists where corporate America gets a free pass for wrongdoing while the Committee besieges the defenseless Obama White House with, as they put it, "subpoenas and an eighty person staff to launch tax payer funded witch hunts against the President.""
• "Mr. Farkas, 49 years old, has returned to his old stomping ground as another crisis besieges commercial-property owners."