A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. We must do everything possible to lift the siege The journalists found a city virtually under siege. see also state of siege
If police, soldiers, or journalists lay siege to a place, they surround it in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence. Leningrad Siege of Mafikeng Siege of Toulon Siege of Vienna Siege of Yorktown Siege of Zara Siege of
This is an ancient battle strategy In ancient times many cities had walls surrounding them for protection In this strategy, an attacking army simply surrounded the city and waited Eventually, the city would run out of food and water and they would either die of starvation or surrender See War Strategy
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
an attack upon a fortified place Most sieges are nothing more than a waiting game, blocking off supplies to the enemy, until they are too hungry or weak and give up