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Meanings of siege in inglés
The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
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Examples for "besieging"
Examples for "besieging"
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In May he took Upsala; by midsummer he was besieging Stockholm itself.
2
People were besieging the provision shops to lay in stores of food.
3
Stunned relatives gathered there, some weeping quietly, others besieging officials with questions.
4
And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna.
5
They had spent more than a year besieging San Michele and Podgora.
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At Camp Bowie the Apaches were found beleaguering the post.
2
The beleaguering force outside the fort, he said, must outnumber ours two to one.
3
What was the disposition of the beleaguering force?
4
Several French, English, and Navarrois cavaliers resorted on this occasion to the camp of the beleaguering army.
5
One might have imagined he saw before him the tented camps of a beleaguering host of Brobdingnagians.
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The moral aspects of the military blockade as a weapon in times of peace had been bothering me.
2
The military blockade before them means they can go no further and for some it strikes close to home.
3
Shipping officials at a conference in Malaysia on Monday called for a military blockade along the coast of Somalia to stop the surge.
Usage of siege in inglés
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The New South Wales government adopted new bail laws after the siege.
2
There were two types of siege artillery in Europe at this time.
3
Rights groups say thousands died in the army siege of the town.
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The government positively views all attempts to break the siege on Gaza.
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Successful expeditions to the region no longer focussed on large, siege-style ascents.
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Food and water, sufficient to endure a brief siege, were stored inside.
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The siege was very desperate both in the assault and the defense.
8
The year afterwards the King led in person the siege of Ghent.
9
The month of March was the last intrenchment in the wintry siege.
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It was like a state of siege, they said in a report.
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The poaching problem The African elephant is under siege due to poaching.
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Hosein served with honor against the Christians in the siege of Constantinople.
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That information could have seen Monis refused bail prior to the siege.
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It was employed in 1257 at the siege of Niebla, in Spain.
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BBC presenter Matthew Amroliwala described the moment the police ended the siege.
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In the spring of the following year, the siege of Jerusalem began.
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Siege through the time
Siege across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
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