besiege

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besiege
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post-attack
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing

siege | American Dictionary

siege
noun[ C/U ]
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the act of surrounding a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it:
[ C ]After a month-long siege, they gave themselves up to federal agents.
[ U ]The town was under siege.

Examples of siege

siege
They see, in these miserable paupers in search of a refuge, their future inner enemies, the sign of a siege to come.
The concepts of ' island ' and ' siege ' have implied isolation and conflict, rather than interaction with the communities that live in the surrounding areas.
Most chroniclers say nothing of the number of officers involved in the siege.
Again, graphic descriptions of sieges and their attendant shortages complete the picture.
We must also bear in mind that beyond the academy the integrity of scientific investigation has also been under siege.
The state of siege was lifted and all the laws restored.
The principle of respect for autonomy is increasingly under siege as a valuable component of healthcare ethics.
To understand the reasons for this tendency, one must remember that the military establishment was under siege in the early 1930s.
Now, the enlightened public sphere itself was under siege.
A state of siege was decreed in the states controlled by rebels, rapidly extended to the entire country.
Naturally, the troops sent to impose the state of siege took care of collecting fines.
Such troops were of little use at sieges, however, and a number of examples demonstrate just how difficult it was to capture well-defended towns.
Because of this siege mentality, harsh policies and even authoritarian rule were accepted as a necessary way of life.
The price of the sugar is enormous and unusual, because of the siege, but the motive is true to his normal character.
Under conditions of siege, normal social life continues, though of course with a difference because of these conditions.
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Collocations withsiege

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long siege
The railways board is ready for what it would term a longsiege.
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