Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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beleaguering | Yes | No | No | No |
Lucknow | Yes | No | No | No |
beleaguering (noun) | Lucknow (noun) |
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the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857) |
a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents |