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51attack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. assault, attack; seizure (See disease). v. t. assail, assault, attack; affect, influence. Ant., defense. II Violent assault Nouns 1. (human attack) attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,… …
52besiege — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. beset, surround, beleaguer, invest; plague, pester. See attack. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. lay siege to, blockade, close in on, beset; see attack 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. surround… …
53Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …
54Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
55harass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. distress, badger, trouble, vex, plague, torment, irritate, needle (inf.), heckle, beset; worry, afflict, depress, sadden. See discontent, malevolence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To annoy an individual]… …
56beleaguer — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [be LEE gur] to besiege or harass. He will beleaguer her until she finally gives in. SYN.: besiege, harass, beset, plague, pester, annoy, badger, bother, hound, hector, persecute, victimize, close …
57attack — 1. verb 1) Chris had been brutally attacked Syn: assault, assail, set upon, beat up; batter, pummel, punch; informal do over, work over, rough up 2) they attacked along a 10 mile front Syn: strike, char …
58be|set´ment — be|set «bih SEHT», transitive verb, set, set|ting. 1. a) to attack from all sides; attack: »We were beset by mosquitoes in the swamp. SYNONYM(S): harass, besiege. b) to surround; hem in: »beset by the crowd. Figurative. In the darkness he was so… …
59be|set — «bih SEHT», transitive verb, set, set|ting. 1. a) to attack from all sides; attack: »We were beset by mosquitoes in the swamp. SYNONYM(S): harass, besiege. b) to surround; hem in: »beset by the crowd. Figurative. In the darkness he was so beset… …
60Plymouth Colony — British colony 1620–1691 …
