- dire- (of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent
- A student broke the dire by yelling out “Yay!”.
- besieged- to surround a place with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender
- The criminal was besieged with police and had to surrender.
- famished- extremely hungry
- I was famished after swimming.
- distended- to cause something to swell by stretching it from inside
- My fingers were distended after I stretched them for hours.
- blighted- spoil, harm, or destroy
- Albert blighted the surprise party.
- pillage- rob (a place) using violence especially in war time
- A man pillaged a store and he was sent into the jail.