Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 14 compound words that contain siege. The most common are listed below. Open siege in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- siege engineA large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.; specifically, a trebuchet or other type of catapult.
- Under Siege
- state of siegeAn exceptional legal condition in which constitutional limits on the powers of the government are suspended, usually owing to military necessity and implying martial law.
- siege towerA siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them.
- siege mentalityA collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness, in which a group of people believe themselves to be constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated in the face of the negative intentions of the rest of the world.
- siege warfareWarfare in which the defender is trapped in a position (such as a fort or castle) while the attacker bombards and/or barricades them from outside.
- Siege PerilousIn Arthurian legend, a vacant seat at the Round Table, reserved by Merlin for the knight who would one day be successful in the quest for the Holy Grail.
- siege trainThe materials carried by an army for the purpose of laying siege to a place.
- lay siegeChiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege.
- laying siegepresent participle and gerund of lay siege
- siege enginesplural of siege engine: A large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.; specifically, a trebuchet or other type of catapult.
- siege towersplural of siege tower: A siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them.
- siege weaponA weapon (usually very large) used by the aggressor in siege warfare. Examples include trebuchets, catapults, cannon, etc.
- siege weaponsplural of siege weapon: A weapon (usually very large) used by the aggressor in siege warfare. Examples include trebuchets, catapults, cannon, etc.
- laid siegesimple past of lay siege
- siege pieceSynonym of obsidional coin (“a piece of gold or silver stamped as provisional legal tender in a besieged area”)
- siege piecesplural of siege piece: Synonym of obsidional coin (“a piece of gold or silver stamped as provisional legal tender in a besieged area”)
- siege trainsplural of siege train: The materials carried by an army for the purpose of laying siege to a place.
- siege-houseAlternative form of siegehouse: an outhouse.
- siege-housesplural of siege-house: Alternative form of siegehouse: an outhouse.
- lays siegethird-person singular simple present indicative of lay siege: Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege.
- states of siegeplural of state of siege: An exceptional legal condition in which constitutional limits on the powers of the government are suspended, usually owing to military necessity and implying martial law.
- siege mentalitiesplural of siege mentality: A collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness, in which a group of people believe themselves to be constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated in the face of the negative intentions of the rest of the …
Compound words 14
- besiegeTo beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- siegerA besieger.
- assiegeA siege.
- siegelikeResembling or characteristic of a siege.
- countersiegeA siege in response to another siege.
- siegecraftThe science of besieging; warcraft of sieges.
- siegelessWithout a siege.
- siegeworkA temporary fort where siege guns were mounted.
- ensiegeSynonym of besiege: To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- SiegenianAn age forming part of the Devonian.