| siege | | |
| n. (act) | 1. beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack. |
| ~ blockade, encirclement | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy. |
| ~ alamo | a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico. |
| ~ battle of atlanta, atlanta | a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864. |
| ~ bataan, corregidor | the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945. |
| ~ dien bien phu | the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954. |
| ~ lucknow | the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857). |
| ~ siege of orleans, orleans | a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429. |
| ~ petersburg campaign, petersburg | the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee. |
| ~ pleven, plevna | the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days. |
| ~ siege of syracuse, syracuse | the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse. |
| ~ siege of syracuse, syracuse | the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes). |
| ~ siege of vicksburg, vicksburg | a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered. |
| ~ siege of yorktown, yorktown | in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| surround | | |
| n. (location) | 1. environment, environs, surround, surroundings | the area in which something exists or lives.; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" |
| ~ ambiance, ambience | the atmosphere of an environment. |
| ~ medium | the surrounding environment.; "fish require an aqueous medium" |
| ~ setting, scene | the context and environment in which something is set.; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" |
| ~ element | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal.; "water is the element of fishes" |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| ~ habitat, home ground | the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds" |
| ~ melting pot | an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated. |
| ~ parts | the local environment.; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years" |
| v. (contact) | 2. border, environ, ring, skirt, surround | extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.; "The forest surrounds my property" |
| ~ adjoin, contact, touch, meet | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| ~ fringe | decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe.; "fur fringed the hem of the dress" |
| ~ gird, girdle | put a girdle on or around.; "gird your loins" |
| ~ cloister | surround with a cloister.; "cloister the garden" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| ~ hem in | surround in a restrictive manner.; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" |
| ~ cloister | surround with a cloister, as of a garden. |
| v. (contact) | 3. smother, surround | envelop completely.; "smother the meat in gravy" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (competition) | 4. beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in, surround | surround so as to force to give up.; "The Turks besieged Vienna" |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ seal off, blockade | impose a blockade on. |
| ~ ebb | hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb. |
| v. (competition) | 5. fence, fence in, palisade, surround, wall | surround with a wall in order to fortify. |
| ~ protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" |
| ~ stockade | surround with a stockade in order to fortify. |
| ~ circumvallate | surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification. |
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