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siege

/siːd͡ʒ/noun1 syllable

Siege means: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.

Synonyms for siege5

noun, as in the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

besieging, beleaguering, military blockade

also used for siege

bathroom, besiege

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What does siege mean?1

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with siege?1

one syllable

liege
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Siege in a sentence

  • During the siege, zoo animals regularly ended up on restaurant menus.Eccles17
  • After a siege lasting ten weeks, the city surrendered.sundown
  • A trebuchet is a siege weapon similar to a catapult.sundown
  • Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks.Haruhi_Gafitas
  • The siege of the fortress lasted a long time.Eccles17
  • During the siege, the trapped soldiers made a daring sortie to break through the enemy lines.rul
  • The siege took only three hours.maaster
  • Kenya is under siege by swarms of maturing desert locusts that threaten to ruin farmers’ crops and pastures.Hybrid

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Forms of siege

as a noun

plural
sieges