sieging
Blockading a fortress
Sieging is the present participle of siege used as a verb, meaning to lay siege to a place—surrounding it and cutting off supplies to force surrender.
The verb form is less common than the noun phrase "lay siege to," but appears in military and gaming contexts: Enemy forces have been sieging the castle for three days.
In video games, sieging often describes sustained attacks on fortified positions or bases.
Counterweight-powered projectile launcher
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- ballistaAncient projectile siege engine
- mangonelTorsion-powered medieval catapult
- onagerAsiatic wild ass
belfry · mantlet · tortoise · hoarding · scorpion · bombard · cannon · culverin
Attacking with force
- breachBreaking of agreement
- escaladeSiege by ladders
- laddersStructures for ascending
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
bombardment · sally · sortie · mining · sapping · barrage · volley · ram
Sealing off a place
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- contravallationFortification encircling besieged position
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- cordonEncircling line restricting access
encampment · attrition · isolation · containment · embargo · interdiction · cut-off · quarantine
Vertical enclosing structures
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- moatDefensive water ditch
- drawbridgeHinged castle entrance span
portcullis · barbican · bastion · gatehouse · tower · parapet · crenellation · embrasure
Cease resistance, yield
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- parleyDiscussion between opposing sides
- termsConditions of an agreement
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
ransom · hostage · ultimatum · envoy · safe-conduct · armistice · submission · quarter
trebuchet
Counterweight-powered projectile launcher
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- ballistaAncient projectile siege engine
- mangonelTorsion-powered medieval catapult
onager · belfry · mantlet · tortoise · hoarding · scorpion · bombard · cannon · culverin · mortar
storming
Attacking with force
onslaught · bombardment · sally · sortie · mining · sapping · barrage · volley · ram · artillery
blockade
Sealing off a place
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- contravallationFortification encircling besieged position
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
cordon · encampment · attrition · isolation · containment · embargo · interdiction · cut-off · quarantine · surrounding
walls
Vertical enclosing structures
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- moatDefensive water ditch
drawbridge · portcullis · barbican · bastion · gatehouse · tower · parapet · crenellation · embrasure · merlon
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- parleyDiscussion between opposing sides
- termsConditions of an agreement
truce · ransom · hostage · ultimatum · envoy · safe-conduct · armistice · submission · quarter · clemency
siegingstorming
Attacking with force
assaulting · charging · blitzing · retreating · withdrawing
siegingrelieving
Reducing discomfort or strain
liberating · defending · retreating · abandoning · evacuating