Synonyms for siege
sidʒsiege

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1. siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockadenoun

   the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

   Synonyms:
   military blockade, beleaguering, besieging

Matched Categories

1. • Blockade
   • Military

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1. siegenoun

   Synonyms:
   investment

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1. siegenoun

   Synonyms:
   investment, blockade, besiegement

   Associated words:
   obsidional, besiege, beleaguer, obsess, obsession, beset

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1. List of paraphrases for "siege":

   blockade, headquarters, seat, site, embargo, encirclement, besieging, besiege, besieged

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1. Jane Pearce:

   Are they going to siege the town, like they're doing in Falluja, which means that when we do get access to (civilians) we don't know what state they're going to be in, or is it going to be an overthrow and then they all come out?

2. Mudhafar Abdul-Reddah:

   By God, I will never allow the Sunnis to come back to Balad, they were in contact with the Islamic State during the siege.

3. Josh Campbell:

   Portland is not a city under siege. Today, I went to a Starbucks downtown, ate lunch at one of the city's famous downtown food trucks, and bought a new pair of shoes at the mall. As I write this, I'm looking out of my hotel room at a bike tour riding by outside on the downtown street, to be sure, there have been protests -- peaceful during the daytime, and some turning violent at night -- for over 90 days, but the rioting has largely been confined to one city block downtown near the federal courthouse. Last night, protesters showed up at a police precinct a few miles from downtown and were dispersed by police after some protesters started throwing eggs and rocks at police cars. There has been periodic, localized violence, but nothing widespread.

4. Rabbi Mendel Cohen:

   Unfortunately, in the last 13 days, our city is under siege.

5. Vadym Boychenko:

   The city is in a very, very difficult state of siege, relentless shelling of residential blocks is ongoing, airplanes have been dropping bombs on residential areas. The Russian occupants are using heavy artillery, including Grad multiple rocket launchers.