siege in English

noun

1

a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.

Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks

synonyms: blockade, encirclement

noun

• blockade, encirclement
• beleaguering, besieging

Use "siege" in a sentence

1. A City Under Siege

2. Siege Barracks is the first Siege Machine (and first army unit) that is immobile

3. The siege lasted two years.

4. However, the siege will fail.

5. Braes Capital acquires Siege Technologies

6. Like a city under siege.

7. The siege has ended peacefully.

8. When Townshend halted at Kut, Goltz laid siege to the British position (see the Siege of Kut).

9. Ctesiphon fell after a prolonged siege.

10. The siege lasted almost four months.

11. 2 Lay siege to it,+ build a siege wall against it,+ raise up a siege rampart against it,+ set up camps against it, and surround it with battering rams.

12. 14 Draw water for the siege!

13. The thieves, they love a siege.

14. Besiege definition, to lay siege to

15. The king personally led the siege.

16. It was a bitch of a siege.

17. He is said to have siege mentality.

18. Assiege (plural Assieges) (obsolete) A siege.

19. He captained the siege of Berlin.

20. What does Assiege mean? (obsolete) A siege

21. The town succumbed after a short siege.

22. After three weeks the siege was raised.

23. They had withstood siege, hunger and deprivation.

24. After a delay of about a month building up siege resources, constructing trenches and siege batteries, and conducting a couple of minor skirmishes testing the line, the Siege of Yorktown was ready to commence.

25. Video summary:The Siege of Bactra was a siege of the Hellenistic period that lasted from 208 to 206 BC

26. 3 synonyms for Besieging: beleaguering, military blockade, siege

27. Thank you for explaining siege tactics to me.

28. The siege is now in its eighteenth day.

29. Radio One is under siege from all sides.

30. The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence.

31. Tanks rolled in to end the siege.

32. A siege often brings them to terms.

33. The town Capitulated after a three-week siege

34. The city was under siege for six months.

35. The siege of Mafeking lasted for eight months.

36. The city succumbed after only a short siege.

37. 6 The siege of pneumonia debilitated him completely.

38. 3 synonyms for Beleaguering: besieging, military blockade, siege

39. The siege itself was a hard-fought battle.

40. After 40 days they withdrew their unsuccessful siege.

41. The journalists found a city virtually under siege.

42. 4 synonyms for Besiegement: beleaguerment, blockade, investment, siege

43. The siege was finally lifted after six months.

44. The fortress fell after a nine-day siege.

45. Have you ever been in a city under siege?

46. Eragon and Saphira reach Urû'baen as the siege begins.

47. During the siege came Darius’ peace offering mentioned earlier.

48. (Ezekiel 29:18) The siege is costly to Nebuchadnezzar.

49. The judge said the police had mishandled the siege.

50. The Ballista was an invaluable Medieval siege attack weapon