sieges

plural of siege
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as in blockades
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 sieges 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sieges
Noun
  • The Pistons matchup represents the second straight game in a back-to-back slate of bouts for Cleveland, who vanquished the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday, 118-113, despite a mammoth 40-point, 14-rebound, nine-assist night from two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Cool-season grasses, on the other hand, are known for their ability to withstand long bouts of cold temperatures, ice, and snow.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority did not immediately respond to a Free Press follow-up inquiry about the presence of physical blockades to block incoming traffic at the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
    Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The crux will be whether Taiwan can operate, reconstitute, and adapt these weapons systems under actual fire, when blockades, cyberattacks, and massed PLA strikes stress every node of the island’s defense network.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Often, one of the pair is more offensive or box-to-box in their profile, with the other being more of a traditional, defensive-minded midfielder whose strengths are to break up opposition attacks.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Scatological attacks are usually the province of outsiders trying to cut the powerful down to size.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cipher at one point recounts Andre’s seizures in Elmira, but later, Doug reveals how Andre persisted inside that prison.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Then, at 38 weeks in late September, Wootten had back-to-back seizures.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In some cases, sportsbooks have taken down odds on certain events to protect against manipulation.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Federal courts generally require plaintiffs to show a specific, personal injury to establish standing—a high bar for citizens objecting to government property decisions since courts often dismiss cases brought by citizens without a direct stake.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • My son had to work to follow Jack’s metamorphoses, to track the relationship between the spells and their consequences.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The pair are gifted grimoires at the age of 15, though Asta's is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent's spells.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Sieges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieges. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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