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📖 Определения и значения для слова siege

📒 a military operation in which an army tries to capture a town by surrounding it and stopping the supply of food, etc. to the people inside

  • the siege of Troy
  • The siege was finally lifted (= ended) after six months.
  • The police placed the city centre under a virtual state of siege (= it was hard to get in or out).

📒 a situation in which the police surround a building where people are living or hiding, in order to make them come out

  • The siege was finally brought to an end when the terrorists surrendered.
  • The seven-hour armed siege at the school ended peacefully.
  • The terrorists were shot dead during the siege of the embassy.

📒 to begin a siege of a town, building, etc.

  • The crusaders laid siege to Lisbon.
  • The English forces laid siege to the city of Tournai.

📒 to surround a building, especially in order to speak to or question the person or people living or working there

  • Crowds of journalists laid siege to the star’s apartment.

📒 surrounded by an army or the police in a siege

  • The city was under siege for six months.
  • At the very end of the war, Prague again came under siege.

📒 being criticized all the time or put under pressure by problems, questions, etc.

  • The government is already under siege for its economic policy.
  • Under military and economic siege, entire economic sectors have collapsed.
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