siege

siège

Attaque où une armée entoure longtemps un lieu pour forcer ses occupants à se rendre.

En anglais simple : An attack in which an army surrounds a place for a long time to force it to surrender.

• The siege lasted three months.
• Food ran out while the city was under siege.
• The army finally lifted the siege.

Comment l'utiliser : lay siege to something (The army laid siege to the city.); under siege (The fortress remained under siege for weeks.)

Synonymes : blockade

Expressions courantes : under siege, lay siege, lift a siege