noun
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
• Syn: ↑siege, ↑besieging, ↑military blockade
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑blockade, ↑encirclement
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Alamo, ↑Atlanta, ↑battle of Atlanta, ↑Bataan, ↑Corregidor, ↑Dien Bien Phu, ↑Lucknow, ↑Orleans, ↑siege of Orleans, ↑Petersburg, ↑Petersburg Campaign, ↑Plevna, ↑Pleven, ↑Syracuse, ↑siege of Syracuse, ↑Vicksburg, ↑siege of Vicksburg, ↑Yorktown, ↑siege of Yorktown
Useful english dictionary. 2012.