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as in attack
a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder
a devastating siege of typhoid fever hit the city
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as in blockade
the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies
after a siege of six weeks, the city of Vicksburg surrendered to General Grant and his Union forces
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Recent Examples of siege
What's happening—siege, starvation, mass death—isn't new.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Every month, a new genre falls to the ever-encroaching siege of AI dreck.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 July 2025
The siege and fighting lasted three months and 3 weeks.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
Casselberry Coin Club: The program will be a slide show about English civil war siege tokens.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Every month, a new genre falls to the ever-encroaching siege of AI dreck.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 July 2025
The siege and fighting lasted three months and 3 weeks.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
Casselberry Coin Club: The program will be a slide show about English civil war siege tokens.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for siege
Noun
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But just this week, BPD arrested two undocumented immigrants caught on camera carrying out a violent attack in Canton.—
WBFF STAFF,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Aug. 2025
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Education has been under attack in Florida for decades; the dumbing down of our schools and society is notorious.—
Robert Kesten,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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At the beginning of the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy asked former Secretary of State Dean Acheson to meet with French President Charles de Gaulle to brief him on the reasons for America's blockade of Cuba.—
Robert Hormats,
Time,
12 Aug. 2025
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Deaths from starvation in Gaza have been on the rise after Israel launched a crippling blockade barring the entry of food and other vital supplies into the enclave in early March before ending its ceasefire with Hamas.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Worst of all, thanks to sporadic bouts of spot alopecia, too many squeezes of a lash curler and irritating makeup removal can spark a lash shed for me.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
11 Aug. 2025
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Following the deaths, all Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation title bouts will now be 10 rounds instead of 12, according to CNN.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Wednesday has been reduced to a psychic gumshoe prone to seizures and crying blood (or unnamed black fluid) from the overuse of her powers.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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Of those incidents, 25 resulted in the seizure of a weapon and 228 in the seizure of drugs or alcohol.—
Elyse Apel,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The different spin-offs and names are mostly irrelevant, since these games are all considered as part of the same continuity and even feature the same ships, enemies, and power-ups in many cases.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all charges across the three cases.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When Wednesday asks how to make the tears stop, Morticia forces her to give up Goody’s book of spells.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the end, Thing lets Morticia take Goody’s book of spells.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Siege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siege. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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