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Sentence count:167+10Posted:2016-09-12Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: beleagueringbesiegingmilitary blockadeSimilar words: transientlegendallegedcollegevegetableallegedlythe general publicelectoral collegeMeaning: [sɪːdʒ]  n. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack. 
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151. The Vikings also attacked Rouen, Nantes, Toulouse and Bordeaux, and laid siege to Paris.
152. The radio was full of news of freighters on the Atlantic being sunk by U-boats, and crackly transmissions from Edward R. Murrow reported on London under siege by the Luftwaffe.
153. The Horde and Alliance will battle head-to-head for control of strategic resources to lay siege to the keeps of their opponents.
154. In 1683, Vienna (the capital of Austria) was under siege by over a hundred thousand Ottoman Turks.
155. On June 16,1775 the Siege of Boston, the Second Continental Congress authorized the building of fortifications.
156. From then on, he occupied the Siege Perilous .Later, as expected, he found the Holy Grail with the other two knights.
157. All we know for sure is that Sennacherib abandoned the siege and galloped back in disgrace to his kingdom, where he was murdered 18 years later, apparently by his own sons.
158. At last great areas of Europe were a state of siege and subject to nightly raids.
159. American Revolution (1781): the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops.
160. His wife mnz died after an agonizing three - year siege of cancer.
161. In a story recorded in 2 Kings(sentencedict.com/siege.html), the city of Samaria lay under siege and deadly famine.
162. Reports that the siege is not clear whether the existence of the Libyan army casualties, but Lee said the opposition armed soldiers they captured a Mauritanian nationals hired mercenaries Gaddafi.
163. Have you been living in Atlanta ever since the siege?
164. Constructing Ballista Towers atop settlement walls allows a defending force to shower any attackers with iron bolts, a sensible improvement for almost any siege scenario.
165. When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit.
166. While trading operations have revived earnings, the brokerage business remains under siege.
167. Books in: The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, the Halfling's Gem, Sojourn, Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness, Passage to Dawn, the Silent Blade.
More similar words: transientlegendallegedcollegevegetableallegedlythe general publicelectoral college
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