noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
long
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It was only in October 1714 that Barcelona at last surrendered to Philip V after a long siege .
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Nitzer Ebb especially think of life as one long siege , a purifying test of your inner strength.
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This was the first of many long sieges which were to be characteristic of the war.
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Gorbad halted the attack and prepared for a long siege .
■ NOUN
mentality
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Her fervour and her depiction of a siege mentality do not transfer too easily to Britain.
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He is said to have siege mentality .
■ VERB
end
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Rebel troops end siege of Manila area.
lay
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In June 1176 Richard laid siege to Limoges; after a few days resistance Aimar's citadel capitulated.
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Almost ten years had passed since they had first laid siege to the town, and it seemed as strong as ever.
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She had laid siege to the typists' room for some minutes before Marshall had persuaded her downstairs.
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In less than two generations, since the Second World War, they have laid siege to the academic world.
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He laid siege to the fortress and gradually weakened it to the point of collapse.
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They'd laid in for a siege with dozens of eggs, cans of luncheon meat, and tea.
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After his victory Edward rallied his troops and marched north to lay siege to Calais.
lift
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Military sources stated that lifting the state of siege would not affect the fight against internal subversion.
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Alresford lifted the siege when Clarke kicked a penalty from fully 40 metres, and they followed up with the decisive try.
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The protesters flung handfuls of earth into the trenches in a vain attempt to lift the siege of the West Bank town.
raise
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Meanwhile Cambridge and March were ordered to raise the siege of Quimperlè and return home at once.
withstand
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Pendennis Castle, which withstood a Roundhead siege during the Civil War for five months, is only 3 miles away.
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It was an uncompromising block which looked as though it could withstand a siege .
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The children became excited, as though they were preparing to withstand a siege .
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They had withstood siege , hunger and deprivation.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lay siege to sb/sth
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After his victory Edward rallied his troops and marched north to lay siege to Calais.
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Almost ten years had passed since they had first laid siege to the town, and it seemed as strong as ever.
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He laid siege to the fortress and gradually weakened it to the point of collapse.
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In 476 they laid siege to Eion, which guarded the Strymon bridge.
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In June 1176 Richard laid siege to Limoges; after a few days resistance Aimar's citadel capitulated.
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In less than two generations, since the Second World War, they have laid siege to the academic world.
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She had laid siege to the typists' room for some minutes before Marshall had persuaded her downstairs.
raise a siege/embargo
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Here the Navy is under siege for all kinds of moral and ethical improprieties.
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In the past, many companies have elected to settle rather than to endure such a siege .
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Rebel troops end siege of Manila area.
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The bloody siege of the ranch complex in Waco has already left at least six police and cult members dead.
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The book is not an exhaustive account of all the sieges of the war.
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The Cavaliers occupied Burghley House, but they were heavily outnumbered, and Cromwell forced them to surrender after a bitter siege .