besieging
English Thesaurus
1. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | blockade, encirclement, |
| definition | : | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | alamo, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | atlanta, battle of atlanta, |
| definition | : | a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864 (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | bataan, corregidor, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | dien bien phu, |
| definition | : | the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954 (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | lucknow, |
| definition | : | the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857) (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | orleans, siege of orleans, |
| definition | : | a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429 (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | petersburg, petersburg campaign, |
| definition | : | the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | pleven, plevna, |
| definition | : | the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | siege of syracuse, syracuse, |
| definition | : | the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | siege of syracuse, syracuse, |
| definition | : | the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes) (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | siege of vicksburg, vicksburg, |
| definition | : | a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | siege of yorktown, yorktown, |
| definition | : | in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution (noun.act) |
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