Siege - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |siːdʒ|  American pronunciation of the word siege
Brit.  |siːdʒ|  British pronunciation of the word siege

noun

- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

Extra examples

The castle was built to withstand a siege.

The city is in a state of siege.

He lived in the castle when the French sieged it.

...the implacable attackers placed the castle under a prolonged siege...

He was obliged to convert the siege into a blockade.

The city was put into a position to stand a siege.

After a long siege they reduced the fort.

The town was captured after a siege lasting ten days.

The city was declared to be in a state of siege.

The siege ended peacefully after the gunman gave himself up.

The armies laid siege to Vienna in 1529.

A group of young men were always at the stage door, trying to lay siege to the girls.

Bread was rationed during the siege of the city

This siege was church-work, and therefore went on slowly.

Word forms

noun
singular: siege
plural: sieges
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