Siege Synonyms

sēj
A prolonged surrounding of an objective by hostile troops
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. beleaguerment
  2. besiegement
  3. blockade
  4. investment
An often prolonged period, as of illness
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. offense
  2. bout
  3. onslaught
  4. besieging
  5. assault
  6. beleaguering
  7. military blockade
To surround with hostile troops
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. attack
  2. beleaguer
  3. beset
  4. blockade
  5. assault
  6. besiege
  7. invest

Words Related to Siege

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Siege Sentence Examples

  • The siege failed and the Assyrians retired.

  • The siege of Montevideo led to a joint intervention of England and France.

  • The wall of Herod Agrippa was planned on a grand scale, but its execution was stopped by the Romans, so that it was not completed at the time of the siege of Jerusalem by Titus.

  • In the cathedral flags captured in this siege are preserved.

  • It was taken by the parliamentary forces in 1645 after a desultory siege of three years.

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