beleaguer
31besiege — verb a) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer. b) To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset …
32lair — [OE] Etymologically a lair is a place where you ‘lie’ down. For it comes ultimately from the same Germanic base, *leg , as produced English lie. In Old English it had a range of meanings, from ‘bed’ to ‘grave’, which are now defunct, and the… …
33attack — 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,… …
34bait — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lure, temptation. v. t. decoy, lure, tempt; tease, torment, badger. See attraction, malevolence, discontent. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lure, inducement, bribe; see attraction 2 . v. 1. [To provide with… …
35harass — 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]… …
36harry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. plunder, pillage, attack; distress, plague, harass, hound. See malevolence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To raid] Syn. pillage, sack, spoil, despoil, lay waste; see also attack 1 , raid , ravage , steal . 2 …
37invest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. endue, endow, clothe, array; surround, hem in, besiege, beleaguer; install, induct; dress, adorn; confer; spend. See clothing, power, commission, attack, purchase. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. put money… …
38pester — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. plague, annoy, trouble, vex, irritate, displease. See discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. annoy, harass, provoke; see bother 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. annoy, bother, irritate, plague,… …
39plague — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. affliction, woe, visitation; nuisance, pest; bane, scourge, curse; pestilence, disease, epidemic; bubonic plague, white or black death; cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox, typhoid, [Asian, etc. ] flu. v …
40bedevil — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To plague] Syn. harass, torment, beset; see bother 2 . 2. [To confuse completely] Syn. baffle, bewilder, muddle; see confuse . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. plague, torment, frustrate, annoy, torture, *bug, irritate. III… …
