siege
🇺🇸
/siːdʒ/
🇬🇧
/siːdʒ/
noun
R
When an army surrounds a town to cut off supplies and force surrender
The army began a siege of the castle to force its defenders to surrender.
R
When police surround a building to force people inside to come out
The police ended the siege when the hostage-takers gave up.
translation
When an army surrounds a town to cut off supplies and force surrender; When police surround a building to force people inside to come out
Word Forms
Plural
sieges