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Noun(1) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

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(1) This historical drama retells the 1835-36 Texas revolution surrounding the famous siege of the Alamo.(2) To capture a town through a siege one must, according to Philon, make proper use of machines such as catapults and other war engines.(3) Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks(4) A man whose life fell apart after he sparked a dramatic armed police siege with a toy weapon said today: u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Throw away your guns.u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb(5) I yearn for those days when everything was full of wonder and fun, when kids could play cowboys and Indians in the street with toy guns that did not cause an armed police siege .(6) I've been having a siege of headaches(7) siege warfare(8) Several historians of the 1569 Protestant siege on Poitiers provide detailed descriptions of the city's topography.(9) A violent episode from York's past will be brought back to life this Bank Holiday when the Civil War siege of the city is re-enacted.(10) Skipton Castle, dates back some 900 years, and withstood a three-year siege during the Civil War between 1643 and 1645.(11) After more than a month of siege warfare, Pemberton surrendered to Grant on 4 July 1863.(12) The seriousness of our project - to sneak into a town under a relentless military siege - began to sink in, and I shuddered.(13) u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510We're doing our best to prepare our city for defense in case of siege ,u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb she said as I shot my own arrow.(14) The well was outside, and no one had thought to supply water before the siege .(15) two cult members have died so far in the four-day siege(16) This also marks the introduction of siege warfare and the deliberate efforts to counter static defenses.
Related Words
(1) under siege
(2) lay siege
(3) siege engine
(4) state of siege
Synonyms
Noun
1. blockade


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

"This way, the siege laid by the police�

"This way, the SIEGE laid by the police

Money Heist Season 1, Episode 10


We should be preparing the city
for a siege.

We should be preparing the city for a SIEGE.

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 5


When Storm's End was under siege
and I was starving,

When Storm's End was under SIEGE and I was starving,

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 2


We suffered through a siege.

We suffered through a SIEGE.

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 1


The thieves, they love a siege.

The thieves, they love a SIEGE.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 8


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