lay siege's Usage Examples:

the base of the fort was about 40 km (25 mi) which made it difficult to lay siege on it, which added to its strategic value.

Rosecrans to retreat back into Chattanooga and allowed the Confederates to lay siege to the Union forces.

Henry's forces were victorious and he went on to lay siege to Paris.

Rennenberg led an army to lay siege at Steenwijk but was defeated when an Anglo-Dutch relief army under John.

for a strain of insect demons, causing a swarm of giant cockroaches to lay siege to the hotel in order to retrieve their offspring.

Sherman to lay siege to the city of Atlanta.

When Modragón lay siege to the city, Zierikzee had had enough time to prepare their defenses because.

Kars, Gagik, paid homage to the victorious Turks so that they would not lay siege to his city.

On June 3, the situation was calmer, but the rebels continued to lay siege to the base.

August 1716 during the Austro-Turkish War, after the Ottoman army began to lay siege to the Habsburgs-controlled fortress of Petrovaradin on the Military Frontier.

The Persian army approached the city to lay siege, when it was attacked in the rear by a small Byzantine force.

rout of the army of the praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber, who had tried to lay siege to the slave army near Mount Vesuvius.

November 1832, the French Armée du Nord under Marshal Gérard began to lay siege to the Dutch troops there under David Chassé.

Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex brought a Parliamentarian army of 19,000 men to lay siege to the town, and began bombarding the town two days later.

installed Michael Bourtzes as its commander, instructing him and Petros to lay siege to Antioch.

IAB announced to lay siege to the Prime Minister's Office on 25 April 2017 demanding arrest of 'atheist.

The victory allowed the British to lay siege to Masulipatam, which they stormed on 25 January 1759.

5 September – Hongi Hika and 2000 Ngā Puhi, armed with 1000 muskets, lay siege to Mauinaina pā at Tamaki.

and Bruchsal were destroyed in spring 1676 and the Empire decided to lay siege to the fortress itself.

Synonyms:

blockade; beleaguering; military blockade; encirclement; besieging;

Antonyms:

free;