siege
siege / sēj/ • n. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside: Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks | [as adj.] siege warfare. ∎ a similar operation by a police or other force to compel the surrender of an armed person. ∎ a prolonged period of misfortune: I've been having a siege of headaches.PHRASES: lay siege to conduct a siege of (a place): government forces laid siege to the building fig. the press laid siege to her apartment. under siege (of a place) undergoing a siege.
siege
siege XIII. ME. sege — OF. sege (mod. siège), f. assegier (mod. assièger) BESIEGE.
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