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• siege — [sēj] n. [ME sege < OFr siege, aphetic < * assiege < VL * absedium, for L obsidium, siege, blockade, ambush < obsidere, to besiege < ob , against + sedere, to SIT] 1. the encirclement of a fortified place by an opposing armed force …   English World dictionary

• Siege of Yorktown — Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Siege of Yorktown |partof=the American Revolutionary War | |caption= Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown by John Trumbull. Oil on canvas, 1820. |date=September 28 October 19 1781 |place=Yorktown, Virginia… …   Wikipedia

• siege — 01. The [siege] of the town lasted until the people finally ran out of food, and had to surrender. 02. Over a million Soviet soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the [siege] of Stalingrad. 03. The army lay [siege] to the airport where… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Siege of Damascus — Infobox Military Conflict| conflict=Siege of Damascus caption=Crusaders intended for Edessa, seen here on the right of this map (c.1140), were diverted by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem to Damascus. partof=the Second Crusade date=23 July 28 July,… …   Wikipedia

• Siege of Saragossa (1809) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Siege of Saragossa partof=the Peninsular War caption= Assaut du monastère de Santa Engracia by Louis François, Baron Lejeune. Depicts the fighting of February 81809. Oil on canvas. date=December 20, 1808… …   Wikipedia

• Siege of Carlisle (November 1745) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Carlisle caption=Carlisle Castle partof=Jacobite Rising date=November 13 15th, 1745 place=Carlisle, England result=Jacobite victory combatant1=flagicon|UK|1606 Hanoverians combatant2=Jacobites… …   Wikipedia

• Siege of Fort St. Jean — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Fort St. Jean partof=the American Revolutionary War caption= date=September 6 – November 3 1775 place=Present day Saint Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec casus= territory= result=Colonial victory… …   Wikipedia

• siege — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. investment, encirclement; besiegement, blockade, beleaguerment; period, long spell. See attack, restraint. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. offense, onslaught, assault; see attack 1 . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

• siege — noun Etymology: Middle English sege, from Anglo French, seat, blockade, from Old French *siegier to seat, settle, from Vulgar Latin *sedicare, from Latin sedēre to sit more at sit Date: 13th century 1. obsolete a seat of distinction ; throne 2. a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege — The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege refers to an incident that occurred March 9 11, 1977, in which three buildings in Washington, D.C. were seized by 12 African American gunmen. They were held responsible for taking 149 hostages and the death of two… …   Wikipedia

• Third Siege of Messolonghi — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Third Siege of Messolonghi partof=the Greek War of Independence caption= Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi (1827, Musée des Beaux Arts, Bordeaux) date= 15 April 1825 10 April 1826 place= Messolonghi,… …   Wikipedia