sieges
Surround and starve
Sieges is the plural of siege, a military operation where forces surround a fortified place to cut off supplies and force surrender.
The term extends to any prolonged effort to overcome resistance: The city endured multiple sieges during the war.
To lay siege to something is to pursue it relentlessly.
Violent offensive act
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- breachBreaking of agreement
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
garrison · rampart · sally · sortie · stronghold · catapult · trebuchet · palisade
Surrounding enemy forces completely
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- escaladeSiege by ladders
- assaultViolent offensive act
breach · bombardment · trebuchet · catapult · ballista · onager · artillery · sappers
Surrounding enemy forces completely
- cordonEncircling line restricting access
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
isolation · interdiction · restriction · containment · exclusion · prohibition · boycott · moratorium
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
fortitude · perseverance · steadfastness · patience · determination · rationing · deprivation · holdout
Protective fortress walls
- bastionsFortified defensive positions
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- castleFortified medieval residence
fortress · bulwarks · palisade · stockade · redoubt · barbican · turret · keep
Made to last longer
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- depletionReduction of supply
- wearinessState of being drained
grinding · weakening · fatigue · dwindling · entrenchment · endurance · capitulation · resistance
Situation without resolution
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- parleyDiscussion between opposing sides
- ultimatumNon-negotiable final terms
brinkmanship · tension · truce · armistice · ceasefire · demands · terms · hostage
Unable to escape
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- captivityState of being confined
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
entrapment · surrounded · hemmed in · no escape · fortress · refuge · sanctuary · shelter
assault
Violent offensive act
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- breachBreaking of agreement
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
fortification · garrison · rampart · sally · sortie · stronghold · catapult · trebuchet · palisade · redoubt
encirclement
Surrounding enemy forces completely
assault · breach · bombardment · trebuchet · catapult · ballista · onager · artillery · sappers · tunneling
encirclement
Surrounding enemy forces completely
- cordonEncircling line restricting access
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
sanctions · isolation · interdiction · restriction · containment · exclusion · prohibition · boycott · moratorium · lockout
starvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
stamina · fortitude · perseverance · steadfastness · patience · determination · rationing · deprivation · holdout · resistance
ramparts
Protective fortress walls
- bastionsFortified defensive positions
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
castle · fortress · bulwarks · palisade · stockade · redoubt · barbican · turret · keep · moat
prolonged
Made to last longer
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- depletionReduction of supply
weariness · grinding · weakening · fatigue · dwindling · entrenchment · endurance · capitulation · resistance · holdout
impasse
Situation without resolution
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- parleyDiscussion between opposing sides
ultimatum · brinkmanship · tension · truce · armistice · ceasefire · demands · terms · hostage · leverage
trapped
Unable to escape
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- captivityState of being confined
lockdown · entrapment · surrounded · hemmed in · no escape · fortress · refuge · sanctuary · shelter · beleaguered
Masada
Ancient Judean mountain fortress
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
- TroyAncient Anatolian city
- LeningradFormer Soviet city name
Stalingrad · Orleans · Vicksburg · Jerusalem · Vienna · Carthage · Syracuse · Malta · Acre · Sevastopol
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- Medieval Eraknights, Middle Ages, castles, feudal lords, medieval period
- Middle AgesMiddle Ages, medieval period, castles, knights, Dark Ages
- medieval knightsknight, knights, armor, sword, swords
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- Medieval LevantDamascus, Saladin, Mamluks, Holy Land, Levant
siegesassaults
Violent physical attacks
storming · raids · blitzkrieg · charges · rushes
siegesdefenses
Means of protection
fortifications · holds · stands · defensive positions · resistance
siegesreliefs
Raised surface carvings
liberations · breakouts · defenses · rescues · evacuations
- lay siegeSurround to force surrender
- laying siegeSurrounding to force surrender
- siege enginesWeapons for attacking fortifications
- siege weaponDevice for attacking fortifications
- state of siegeEmergency military government control
- laid siegeSurrounded to force surrender
siege, besiege, besieged, sieging, besieging, besieger, besiegers, siegecraft