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   siege

   /siː(d)ʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender: "Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks"
   • ▪ an operation in which a police or other force surround a building and cut off supplies, with the aim of forcing an armed person to surrender: "two cult members have died so far in the four-day siege"
   • 2. a group of herons: rare "there is a siege of herons at the river"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sege, from asegier ‘besiege’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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