📖 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.