s/n1075117

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has gloss	(noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack beleaguering, siege, besieging, military blockade
lexicalization	eng: beleaguering
lexicalization	eng: besieging
lexicalization	eng: military blockade
lexicalization	eng: siege
subclass of	(noun) a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy encirclement, blockade
	Note: 3 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list
has subclass	c/Sieges by country
has subclass	c/Sieges by war
has subclass	c/Sieges in the United Kingdom
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Austria
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Austria-Hungary
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Austria–Hungary
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Florence
has subclass	c/Sieges involving France
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Germany
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Great Britain
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Ireland
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Japan
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Korea
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Poland
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Prussia
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Rome
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Scotland
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Serbia
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Spain
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Sweden
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Syria
has subclass	c/Sieges involving Vietnam
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the Byzantine Empire
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the Holy Roman Empire
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the Netherlands
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the Ottoman Empire
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the Papal States
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the Republic of Venice
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the Roman Empire
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the Soviet Union
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the United Kingdom
has subclass	c/Sieges involving the United States
has subclass	c/Sieges of Constantinople
has subclass	c/Sieges of Jerusalem
has subclass	c/Sieges of the American Civil War
has subclass	c/Sieges of the Anglo-Zulu War
has subclass	c/Sieges of the Eighty Years' War
has subclass	c/Sieges of the Italian Wars
has subclass	c/Sieges of the Second Boer War
has subclass	e/Sieges of Baghdad
has instance	(noun) 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 Alamo
has instance	(noun) a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864 Atlanta, battle of Atlanta
has instance	(noun) 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 Corregidor, Bataan
has instance	(noun) the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954 Dien Bien Phu
has instance	(noun) the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857) Lucknow
has instance	(noun) a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429 Orleans, siege of Orleans
has instance	(noun) the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign
has instance	(noun) the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days Pleven, Plevna
has instance	(noun) the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse siege of Syracuse, Syracuse
has instance	(noun) the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes) Syracuse, siege of Syracuse
has instance	(noun) a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered siege of Vicksburg, Vicksburg
has instance	(noun) in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution Yorktown, siege of Yorktown
has instance	e/Siege of Belgrade (1688)
has instance	e/Siege of Carlisle (1645)
has instance	e/Siege of Pizzighettone
has instance	e/Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

Meaning
Afrikaans
lexicalization	afr: beleëgering
Arabic
lexicalization	ara: حصار
Standard Arabic
lexicalization	arb: حصار
Asturian
lexicalization	ast: asediu
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lexicalization	ast: cercu
Breton
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lexicalization	bre: gronn
lexicalization	bre: sich
Bulgarian
lexicalization	bul: обсада
Catalan
lexicalization	cat: setge
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lexicalization	cat: congreny
Czech
lexicalization	ces: obléhání
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lexicalization	ces: obležení
Mandarin Chinese
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lexicalization	cmn: 包围战
lexicalization	cmn: 包圍戰
lexicalization	cmn: 围困
lexicalization	cmn: 围城
lexicalization	cmn: 圍困
lexicalization	cmn: 圍城
lexicalization	cmn: 攻城战
lexicalization	cmn: 攻城戰
lexicalization	cmn: wéi cheng
Welsh
lexicalization	cym: gwarchae
German
lexicalization	deu: Belagerung
Modern Greek (1453-)
lexicalization	ell: πολιορκία
Esperanto
lexicalization	epo: sieĝo
Finnish
lexicalization	fin: piiritys
French
lexicalization	fra: assiégeant
Gaelic
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lexicalization	gla: sèist
Galician
lexicalization	glg: asedio
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lexicalization	glg: cerco
Hebrew
lexicalization	heb: מצור
Croatian
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lexicalization	hrv: prijestol
Hungarian
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lexicalization	hun: ostrom
Armenian
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lexicalization	hye: պաշարում
Ido
lexicalization	ido: asiejo
Indonesian
lexicalization	ind: pengepungan
Icelandic
lexicalization	isl: umsátur
Italian
lexicalization	ita: assedio
lexicalization	ita: accerchiamento
Japanese
lexicalization	jpn: 包囲
lexicalization	jpn: 攻城戦
Georgian
lexicalization	kat: ალყა
Korean
lexicalization	kor: 포위 공격
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lexicalization	kor: ...을 포위하다
lexicalization	kor: 줄기차게 공격하다
lexicalization	kor: 포위
Latin
lexicalization	lat: obsidio
Macedonian
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lexicalization	mkd: бомбардирање
Neapolitan
lexicalization	nap: assèggio
Dutch
lexicalization	nld: belegering
lexicalization	nld: beleg
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lexicalization	nld: omheining
Norwegian Bokmål
lexicalization	nob: beleiring
Occitan (post 1500)
lexicalization	oci: sètge
lexicalization	oci: siètge
Iranian Persian
lexicalization	pes: محاصره
Polish
lexicalization	pol: oblężenie
Portuguese
lexicalization	por: cerco
lexicalization	por: cerco, sítio
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lexicalization	por: assédio
lexicalization	por: sítio
Russian
lexicalization	rus: осада
lexicalization	rus: блокада
Castilian
lexicalization	spa: asedio
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lexicalization	spa: cerco
Swedish
lexicalization	swe: belägring
Thai
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lexicalization	tha: การกลุ้มรุม
lexicalization	tha: การล้อมโจมตี
lexicalization	tha: การล้อม
lexicalization	tha: การโอบล้อม
Turkish
lexicalization	tur: kuþatma
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lexicalization	tur: ele geçirmeye uðraþma
lexicalization	tur: hastalýk devresi
lexicalization	tur: çevresini sarma
Ukrainian
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lexicalization	ukr: облога
Volapük
lexicalization	vol: beleseat

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has category	(noun) 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" war machine, military machine, armed services, armed forces, military

Word:	(case sensitive)
Language:	(ISO 639-3 code, e.g. "eng" for English)

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