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besiege

Verb B1 – Intermediate

To surround a place with armed forces to try to capture it, or to overwhelm someone with requests.

"Reporters besieged the actor's hotel, hoping for a single comment."

The figurative sense, being besieged with questions, is now more common in everyday speech than the literal military one.

Synonyms

surround overwhelm