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beset

beset - verb

  1. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, fall on or upon, go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal light into, pitch into. See attack.
  2. To surround with hostile troops: beleaguer, besiege, blockade, invest, siege. See attack.
  3. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, harass, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit. See attack.
  4. To disturb by repeated attacks: annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment, worry. See feelings. pain.
  5. To shut in on all sides: begird, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring, surround. See open.