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What (who) is siege - definition

MILITARY BLOCKADE OF A CITY OR FORTRESS
Seige; Siege warfare; Fortification and Siege Warfare; Sieges; Siegecraft; Fortification and siegecraft; Besiege; Besieged city; Seige tactics; Siegeworks; Seige warfare; SIEGE; Besiegers; Relief column; Siege works; Poliorcetics; Besieging; Police standoff; Police siege; Barricade situation
  • Assyrians using siege ladders in a relief of attack on an enemy town during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III 720–738 BCE from his palace at Kalhu (Nimrud)
  • The [[siege of Candia]], regarded as one of the longest sieges in history (1648–1669)
  • Storming of Redoubt#10 during the [[siege of Yorktown]]
  • Badajoz]], Peninsular War, 1812
  • siege of Antwerp]], 1832
  • French troops seeking cover in trenches, Dien Bien Phu, 1954
  • siege machines]] in the mid-16th century
  • of the siege]] in World War I.
  • Earl of Essex]], in 1647 by Lord Inchiquin, and in 1650 by [[Oliver Cromwell]].
  • Metropolitan Division]] truck during a standoff in 2009
  • Map showing Axis encirclement during the [[siege of Leningrad]] (1942–1943)
  • Siege of Marawi]], 2017
  • [[Vauban]]'s star-shaped fortified city of [[Neuf-Brisach]]
  • Thebes]]
  • Roman siege machines
  • Sarajevo residents collecting firewood, winter of 1992–1993
  • Late 16th-century illustration of [[cannon]] with [[gabion]]s
  • The Skoda 305 mm Model 1911
  • Siege of Przemyśl
  • [[Washington State Patrol]] [[SWAT]] attempting to arrest a suspect during a simulated standoff
  • Medieval [[trebuchet]]s could sling about two projectiles per hour at enemy positions.
  • Korean]] troops assault the Japanese forces of [[Hideyoshi]] in the [[siege of Ulsan]] Castle during the [[Imjin War]] (1592–1598).
  • siege of Rancagua]] during the [[Chilean War of Independence]]
  • The [[Battle of Vienna]] took place in 1683 after [[Vienna]] had been besieged by the [[Ottoman Empire]] for two months.

siege         
(sieges)
1.
A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place.
We must do everything possible to lift the siege...
The journalists found a city virtually under siege.
N-COUNT: also under N
2.
If police, soldiers, or journalists lay siege to a place, they surround it in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place.
The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence...
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to n
Siege         
·noun A workman's bench.
II. Siege ·noun The floor of a glass-furnace.
III. Siege ·noun Hence, place or situation; seat.
IV. Siege ·noun Rank; grade; station; estimation.
V. Siege ·noun A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
VI. Siege ·noun Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
VII. Siege ·noun Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
VIII. Siege ·vt To Besiege; to Beset.
IX. Siege ·noun 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.
siege         
¦ noun
1. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
2. a similar operation by a police team to compel the surrender of an armed person.
Phrases
lay siege to conduct a siege of.
under siege undergoing a siege.
Origin
ME: from OFr. sege, from asegier 'besiege'.

Wikipedia

Siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault. This derives from Latin: sedere, lit. 'to sit'. Siege warfare is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict characterized by one party holding a strong, static, defensive position. Consequently, an opportunity for negotiation between combatants is common, as proximity and fluctuating advantage can encourage diplomacy. The art of conducting and resisting sieges is called siege warfare, siegecraft, or poliorcetics.

A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that cannot be easily taken by a quick assault, and which refuses to surrender. Sieges involve surrounding the target to block the provision of supplies and the reinforcement or escape of troops (a tactic known as "investment"). This is typically coupled with attempts to reduce the fortifications by means of siege engines, artillery bombardment, mining (also known as sapping), or the use of deception or treachery to bypass defenses.

Failing a military outcome, sieges can often be decided by starvation, thirst, or disease, which can afflict either the attacker or defender. This form of siege, though, can take many months or even years, depending upon the size of the stores of food the fortified position holds.

The attacking force can circumvallate the besieged place, which is to build a line of earth-works, consisting of a rampart and trench, surrounding it. During the process of circumvallation, the attacking force can be set upon by another force, an ally of the besieged place, due to the lengthy amount of time required to force it to capitulate. A defensive ring of forts outside the ring of circumvallated forts, called contravallation, is also sometimes used to defend the attackers from outside.

Ancient cities in the Middle East show archaeological evidence of fortified city walls. During the Warring States era of ancient China, there is both textual and archaeological evidence of prolonged sieges and siege machinery used against the defenders of city walls. Siege machinery was also a tradition of the ancient Greco-Roman world. During the Renaissance and the early modern period, siege warfare dominated the conduct of war in Europe. Leonardo da Vinci gained as much of his renown from the design of fortifications as from his artwork.

Medieval campaigns were generally designed around a succession of sieges. In the Napoleonic era, increasing use of ever more powerful cannons reduced the value of fortifications. In the 20th century, the significance of the classical siege declined. With the advent of mobile warfare, a single fortified stronghold is no longer as decisive as it once was. While traditional sieges do still occur, they are not as common as they once were due to changes in modes of battle, principally the ease by which huge volumes of destructive power can be directed onto a static target. Modern sieges are more commonly the result of smaller hostage, militant, or extreme resisting arrest situations.

Examples of use of siege
1. MOSCOW THEATRE SIEGE 130 died in raid to end siege by Chechen rebels 2003÷ Moscow siege families‘ fury undimmed 2002÷ Moscow siege leaves dark memories 2002 October – Chechen rebels seize a Moscow theatre and hold about 800 people hostage.
2. "Gereida was under siege before, and it is under siege even more today, he added.
3. "Muslims in this country are living under siege, and Muslims outside this country are living under siege," said one speaker.
4. They continued their virtual siege Wednesday night.
5. During the siege, Morrison released four hostages.