noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ lengthy , long , prolonged ( esp. BrE )
▪ four-day , ten-hour , etc.
▪ armed , gun , police ( esp. BrE )
▪ economic , military
▪
Under military and economic ~, entire economic sectors have collapsed.
VERB + SIEGE
▪ lay
▪
An angry mob laid ~ to City Hall.
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The English forces laid ~ to the city of Tournai.
▪ break
▪ end , lift , raise , relieve (= arrive to help the people in a siege)
▪
The opposition pledged to lift a ~ of government buildings.
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The royal forces marched south to lift the ~ of Donnington Castle.
▪ withstand
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This fortress could withstand a ~ for years if necessary.
▪ survive
SIEGE + VERB
▪ last
▪
The ~ lasted two years.
▪ begin , end
▪
The seven-hour armed ~ at the school ended peacefully.
SIEGE + NOUN
▪ warfare
▪ engine , tower , weapon
▪ mentality ( figurative )
▪
His views are typical of the ~ mentality of this administration.
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
soldiers wounded at the ~ of Charleston
▪ during a/the ~
▪ under ~
▪
At the very end of the war, the city again came under ~.
▪ ~ of
PHRASES
▪ a state of ~
▪
The police placed the city under a virtual state of ~.