Related Words for siege

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besieging
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Noun, Verb
garrison
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Noun
blockade
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Noun
bombardment
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Noun
fortress
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Noun
massacre
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Noun
citadel
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Noun
assault
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Noun
army
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Noun
attack
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Noun
encampment
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Noun
skirmish
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Noun
fortifications
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Noun
battle
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Noun
uprising
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Noun
warfare
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Noun
fort
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Noun
stronghold
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Noun
stockade
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Noun
onslaught
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Noun
lockdown
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Noun
invasion
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Noun
revolt
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Noun
bombing
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Noun
conquest
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Noun
battlements
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Noun
ambush
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Noun
evacuation
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Noun
standoff
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Noun
defences
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Noun
raid
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Noun
encirclement
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Noun
captivity
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Noun
terror
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Noun
reconquest
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Noun
hostilities
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Noun
castle
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Noun
insurrection
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Noun
bloodbath
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Noun
truce
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Noun
barricade
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Noun
artillery
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Noun
ceasefire
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Noun
blitzkrieg
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Noun
counteroffensive
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Noun
combat
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Noun
reign
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Noun
outbreak
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Noun
riot
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Noun
occupation
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Noun
capitulation
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Noun
defeat
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Noun
prisoner
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Noun
confinement
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Noun
crusade
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Noun
campaign
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Noun
firefight
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Noun
rearguard
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Noun
pogrom
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Noun
barrage
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Noun
outpost
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Noun
carnage
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Noun
investment
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Noun
storm
/
Noun
sortie
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Noun
sally
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Name
capture
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Noun
blitz
/
Noun
offensive
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Noun
salvo
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Noun
onset
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Noun
pitched battle
//x
Phrase, Noun
trench warfare
//x
Phrase, Noun
incursion
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Noun
list
/
Noun
retrenchment
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Noun
harassment
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Noun
fire
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Noun
escalade
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Noun
reconnaissance in force
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Phrase, Noun
melee
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Noun
fight
/
Noun
forced march
//
Phrase, Noun
succour
//
Noun
front
/
Noun
issue
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Noun
insult
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Noun
foray
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Noun
breakthrough
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Noun
requisition
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Noun
force
/
Noun
draught
/
Noun
slaughter
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Noun
quarantine
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Noun
martial law
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Phrase, Noun
tactic
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Noun
rout
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Noun
warring
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Noun
battle line
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Phrase, Noun
retreat
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Noun
rapine
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Noun
counterinsurgency
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Noun
expedition
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Noun
drive
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Noun
defense
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Noun
encounter
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Noun
guerrilla warfare
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Phrase, Noun
striking distance
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Phrase, Noun
brunt
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Noun
saturation
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Noun
duel
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Noun
yorktown
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Adjective, Name
sebastopol
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Name
sevastopol
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Name
vicksburg
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Name
toulon
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Name
lachish
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Name
ostend
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Name
tobruk
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Name
londonderry
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Name
namur
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Name
leningrad
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Name
deny
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Noun
derry
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Name
six
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Adjective
breda
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Name
sarajevo
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Name
roxburgh
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Name
alamo
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Name
troy
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Name
herat
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Name
pamplona
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Name
imphal
xx
Name
accent
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Noun, Verb
aircraft
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Noun
antitank
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Adjective
atlanta
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Name
bataan
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Name
battering
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Noun
blockage
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Noun
blocking
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Noun
bout
/
Noun, Verb
calibre
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Noun
catapult
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Noun, Verb
chair
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Noun, Verb
chase
/
Noun, Verb
circus
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Noun, Verb
closure
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Noun
confederate
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Adjective, Name, Verb
contest
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Noun, Verb
cordon
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Noun, Verb
corregidor
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Noun
curfew
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Noun
dealing
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Noun
detention
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Noun
dien bien phu
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Name, Name
dismantled
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Name
dummy
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
embargo
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Noun, Verb
embattled
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Adjective
emergency
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Noun
enclose
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Verb
enclosure
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Noun
enemy
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Noun, Verb
fence
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Noun, Verb
flak
/
Noun
headquarter
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Verb
heavier
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Adjective, Adverb
insistence
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Noun
journey
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Noun, Verb
lighter
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Noun, Verb
location
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Noun
lock
/
Noun, Verb
lucknow
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Name
millimeter
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Noun
orleans
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Name
place
/
Noun, Verb
pounder
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Noun
purse
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Noun, Verb
rebel
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Noun, Verb
rifled
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Adjective
seat
/
Noun, Verb
seine
/
Noun, Verb
sit
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Verb, Noun
site
/
Noun, Verb
sojourn
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Noun, Verb
stranglehold
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Noun, Verb
strangulation
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Noun
strike
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Noun, Verb
surround
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Verb, Noun
syracuse
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Name
tank
/
Noun, Verb
toy
/
Noun, Verb
trial
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
trojan
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Name, Adjective, Verb
voyage
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Noun, Verb
web
/
Noun, Verb
website
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Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
backwater
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Noun, Verb
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
bundle
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Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
aisle
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
closet
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
pidgin
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Noun
headlines
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Noun