Synonyms of siege

siege

noun

ˈsēj 

1

as in attack

a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder

a devastating siege of typhoid fever hit the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack
• bout
• seizure
• case
• spell
• access
• fit
• turn
• spasm
• pang
• recurrence
• frenzy
• relapse
• convulsion
• breakdown
• collapse
• agitation
• eclampsia
• paroxysm
• prostration
• throe
• brainstorm

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relief
• arrest
• remission

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blockade
• investment
• internment
• leaguer
• beleaguerment
• isolation
• quarantine
• encirclement
• containment
• confinement
• insulation
• segregation
• seclusion
• sequestration
• counterblockade
• encompassment
• incarceration

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of siege

Most of the skeletons found in Stirling’s chapel had the sorts of wounds archaeologists expected to find on siege victims, like sword cuts, blunt trauma, and the wear and tear of hand-to-hand combat. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026

Five years later, Sheikh Hamad effectively broke the siege by visiting Gaza and pledging more than four hundred million dollars to reconstruction efforts there. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

End the siege, impose sanctions and an arms embargo, dismantle occupation and apartheid, and return the land and political power Israel has taken. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Others prepared to defend themselves and hoarded supplies as if for a siege. — Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing siege

• lay siege to