sij
noun
1. a military maneuver in which a fortification, such as a city or a fort, is surrounded, subjected to attack, and cut off from supplies or reinforcements in order to bring about complete surrender.
Many were killed in the siege of the fort.
The siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany began in 1941 and ended in 1944.
2. a prolonged bout, as of illness or difficulty.
He succumbed to typhoid fever, and the siege lasted for three weeks before he began to recover.
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