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How to pronounce “besiege”

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Pronunciation guide for besiege

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of besiege with real speech in context.
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Real speech example: Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of peace 19 minuteswho survived the four-years besiege of Sarajevo;
Definition summary: (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.

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Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of peace 19 minutes

who survived the four-years besiege of Sarajevo;

[Verb]
(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
(transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

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