beleaguerments

plural of beleaguerment
as in sieges
the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies the devastating beleaguerment of Leningrad that lasted from September 1941 to January 1944

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Noun
  • Climb the fortress trail to San Giovanni—a crumbling hilltop citadel that once guarded the city from Ottoman sieges—where the vistas stretch like a myth across fjord-like waters.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • So in the worst sieges in Syria, people could smuggle themselves in and out.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
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  • In response, local tourism companies clashed, generating blockades and halting services that marooned global travelers in Aguas Calientes, the remote gateway town where buses snake through the Andes toward the 15th-century Inca citadel.
    Mark Johanson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Capable of holding up to 1,500 tons of water, these cavernous containers would’ve been vital to the survival of a city that had few natural sources of H2O — especially when Alexander the Great was mounting blockades.
    Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Beleaguerments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beleaguerments. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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