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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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SIEGE definition: 1. the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it: 2. the…. Learn more.
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.
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. any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance.
SIEGE meaning: 1. the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it: 2. the…. Learn more.
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.
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.
1. The surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it. 2. A prolonged period, as of illness: a siege of asthma. 3. Obsolete A seat, especially a throne. tr.v. sieged, sieg·ing, sieg·es. To subject to a siege; besiege: The invaders sieged the castle.
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.
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. (Definition of siege from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
