Word Meaning

Meaning of "siege" and the crossword clue

- Attack on citadel
- Attack on fort
- Beleaguerment
- Blockade
- Encirclement, blockade
- Military blockade
- Persistent attack
- Prolonged assault
- Selassie generals hold military blockade
- sustained attack
- Various agencies can ignore military blockade
- A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
- Hence, place or situation; seat.
- Rank; grade; station; estimation.
- Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
- The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
- Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
- The floor of a glass-furnace.
- A workman's bench.
- To besiege; to beset.