to siege

Examples

• All

• If they refuse to make peace, which you know, how dare they, as they engage and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city.

• The scheduled sieging, IMHO, was very boring, and a lot of the time the city being sieged set their siege window at BUMF**K A.M. in the morning.

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• If they refuse to make peace, which you know, how dare they, as they engage and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city.

• There's no, you know, and under this of laws of siege craft, you, you ask people to let's say we're besieging Austin.

• If someone ends up showing a little indifference, he is easily sieged and imprisoned by the miracles of the wicked and sly dragon.

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• The army decided to siege the fortress to force a surrender after weeks of negotiations.

• After months of conflict, the general ordered his troops to siege the enemy's stronghold.

• To gain control of the city, they planned to siege it by cutting off all supply routes.

Synonyms

B

to besiege

vsto siege

19 8.3

To surround a place with soldiers until the people inside give up

stresses that cutting off supplies is a common tactic in the action

L

to lay siege

vsto siege

7 8.2

Surround a place with soldiers and cut off its supplies to make it give up

emphasizes surrounding and attack often involving cutting off supplies

Antonyms

R

to release

∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

D

to defend

∞ 1.3

To protect people and things from attack or harm

Phrasal Verbs

L

to lay siege

7 8.2

Surround a place with soldiers and cut off its supplies to make it give up

Compounds

S

Siege Perilous

• Literature

1 9.9

A seat at the Round Table for the knight meant to find the Holy Grail, deadly to others

S

Siege of Syracuse

9.3

A long siege by Athenian forces from 415 to 413 BC that ends in their defeat

S

Siege of Syracuse

9.9

A Roman siege from 214 to 212 BC that captures the city and kills Archimedes

S

siege of Vicksburg

9.5

A long 1863 military attack during the American Civil War when Union troops surrounded and captured Vicksburg

S

siege of Yorktown

8.2

A 1781 battle that ended the American Revolution when British forces gave up after three weeks

S

Siege of Lucknow

9.8

A long attack that trapped British soldiers and residents in Lucknow during the 1857 uprising

S

siege of Orleans

9.1

An English blockade of Orleans during the Hundred Years' War, ended by Joan of Arc in 1429

How Aggressive

assault

• Specialized

378 4.5

to siege

1 7.4

to blockade

9 6.0

to encircle

33 3.4

Surface Forms

Etymology