as in siege
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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Hundreds of thousands of others were trapped for weeks in Russia's siege of the Ukrainian port city, which is located on the Sea of Azov.—
Isabel van Brugen
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025 -
Meanwhile, the Red Sox continue their assault on mediocrity — a siege that began with the Mookie Betts salary dump.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
21 May 2025
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Tuesday’s incident marks the third day in a row that people have been killed on their way to the GHF distribution point west of Rafah while attempting to secure food as famine conditions worsen in Gaza following an 11-week blockade by Israel.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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After the end of an 11-week Israeli blockade on aid entering Gaza, GHF -- a private contractor backed by the U.S. and Israel -- would take over distributing aid in Gaza, Netanyahu said.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
1 June 2025
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“Beleaguerment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beleaguerment. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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