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Meanings of military blockade in English

Portuguese
sítio
Catalan
setge
Spanish
cerco

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

sítio
Synonyms
Examples for "siege"
Examples for "siege"
1
The New South Wales government adopted new bail laws after the siege.
Reuters
2
There were two types of siege artillery in Europe at this time.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
3
Rights groups say thousands died in the army siege of the town.
Reuters
4
The government positively views all attempts to break the siege on Gaza.
The Guardian
5
Successful expeditions to the region no longer focussed on large, siege-style ascents.
Climbing Magazine
1
In May he took Upsala; by midsummer he was besieging Stockholm itself.
Hero Tales of the Far North
2
People were besieging the provision shops to lay in stores of food.
If Winter Comes
3
Stunned relatives gathered there, some weeping quietly, others besieging officials with questions.
Reuters
4
And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
5
They had spent more than a year besieging San Michele and Podgora.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
1
At Camp Bowie the Apaches were found beleaguering the post.
Mormon Settlement in Arizona / A Record of Peaceful Conquest of ...
2
The beleaguering force outside the fort, he said, must outnumber ours two to one.
In the Valley
3
What was the disposition of the beleaguering force?
A Heroine of France: The Story of Joan of Arc
4
Several French, English, and Navarrois cavaliers resorted on this occasion to the camp of the beleaguering army.
History of the Moors of Spain
5
One might have imagined he saw before him the tented camps of a beleaguering host of Brobdingnagians.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
Usage of military blockade in English
1
The moral aspects of the military blockade as a weapon in times of peace had been bothering me.
Flowers for Algernon
2
The military blockade before them means they can go no further and for some it strikes close to home.
The Irish Times
3
Shipping officials at a conference in Malaysia on Monday called for a military blockade along the coast of Somalia to stop the surge.
Reuters
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Translations for military blockade
Spanish
cerco