Your city is under siege if it is surrounded on all sides by an opposing force on attack. Think of a castle surrounded by a legion of armed knights.
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
Noun
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
n.
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
n.
Hence, place or situation; seat.
n.
Rank; grade; station; estimation.
n.
Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
n.
The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place
for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the
surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by
passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's
fire. See the Note under Blockade.
n.
Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
n.
The floor of a glass-furnace.
n.
A workman's bench.
v. t.
To besiege; to beset.
Siege
A stately siege of sovereign majesty, And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it "The siege perilous."2.
Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever.3.
I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege.4.
The siege of this mooncalf.5.
Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast.7.
Siege
Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man.
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
To besiege; to beset.
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