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siege::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | beleaguering, besieging, military blockade |
| Type of | blockade, encirclement |
Examples of siege
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I asked Narji what effect the Israeli siege has had on the work of his Ministry.
From the scoop.co.nz
During the summer of 1863, the Union forces tightened their siege of Charleston.
From the sltrib.com
The siege exposed glaring vulnerabilities that belied India's superpower status.
From the thestate.com
They also went 9 for 10 from the line, while the Jazz looked under siege inside.
From the ocregister.com
During one twelve-hour siege the giant Enterprise had been driven back 41 miles.
From the time.com
Microsoft is under siege from rivals offering cheap or free software on the Web.
From the businessweek.com
One of his instructors had been on the balcony during the Iranian Embassy siege.
From the independent.co.uk
The city of Calais had been under siege for 11 months, and conditions were dire.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Baldwin then travelled north to assist Edessa, under siege from Mawdud of Mosul.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by attrition or assault. The term derives from sedere, Latin for "to sit". ...
- Siege was an American hardcore punk band from Weymouth, Massachusetts. They were active in the 1980s Boston hardcore scene from 1983 to 1985, and reunited briefly in the early 1990s.
- Siege is a book collecting the articles of American neo-Nazi James Mason, former leader of the National Socialist Liberation Front and Universal Order. It collects the text of Mason's SIEGE newsletter (1980-1986) and other propaganda, arranging it according to topic. ...
- Siege is an American comic book storyline that ran from January 2010 to May 2010. Published by Marvel Comics, it deals with the aftermath of the Dark Reign company-wide storyline, which led to a shift of power in the Marvel Universe toward Norman Osborn, a former supervillain who, through ...
- Siege is a 1940 documentary short about the Siege of Warsaw by the Wehrmacht at the start of World War II. It was shot by Julien Bryan, a Pennsylvanian photographer and cameraman who later established the International Film Foundation.
- Siege (John Kelly) is a fictional character, owned by Marvel Comics, who exists in the Marvel Universe.
- Siege is a computer game developed by Mindcraft in 1992 for the PC/MS-DOS.
- The Siege is a 1998 American action-thriller-drama film directed by Edward Zwick. The film is about a fictional situation in which terrorist cells have made several attacks on New York City. It stars Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, and Bruce Willis.
