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- Dictionarysiege/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"
- 2. a group of herons: rare "there is a siege of herons at the river"
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the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it: The siege of Mafeking lasted for eight months. The soldiers laid siege to (= started a siege of) the city. The castle was under siege for months. figurative That whole weekend at Cannes, Brigitte Bardot was under siege by photographers. See also. besiege.
The meaning of SIEGE is a military blockade of a city or fortified place to compel it to surrender. How to use siege in a sentence.
SIEGE meaning: 1. the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it: 2. the…. Learn more.
Siege definition: the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.. See examples of SIEGE used in a sentence.
Jun 6, 2017 · surrounded by an army or the police in a siege. The city was under siege for six months. At the very end of the war, Prague again came under siege. being criticized all the time or put under pressure by problems, questions, etc. The government is already under siege for its economic policy.
A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. We must do everything possible to lift the siege.
siege. noun. /sidʒ/. a military operation in which an army tries to capture a town by surrounding it and stopping the supply of food, etc. to the people inside the siege of Troy The siege was finally lifted (= ended) after six months.
Your city is under siege if it is surrounded on all sides by an opposing force on attack. Think of a castle surrounded by a legion of armed knights. Like many military words, siege can be used metaphorically.
SIEGE meaning: 1 : a situation in which soldiers or police officers surround a city, building, etc., in order to try to take control of it; 2 : a serious and lasting attack of something usually singular.
a period when an army or the police stand around a building or city to stop supplies from entering it, in order to force the people inside to stop fighting: The city is under siege from rebel forces.
