tezgâh (iş)

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{i} siege
military action

US A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.

{n} the beseiging of any place, a seat, a stool
a beleaguerment
prolonged period of trouble or annoyance, as in: Our family has had a siege of bad colds this year
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
A workman's bench
{i} blockade, act of surrounding and attacking a fortification in order to cut off supply and aid routes; prolonged period of difficulty or trouble
seat
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
To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege
A long-term military attack against a fortified place where earthworks and artillery figured prominently
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
Hence, place or situation; seat
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
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
Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne
You are under siege when you blockade a civilian population and bombard them with anti-tank missiles
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