Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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beleaguering | Yes | No | No | No |
siege of Yorktown | Yes | No | No | No |
beleaguering (noun) | siege of Yorktown (noun) |
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the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution |