lay siege

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lay siege

verb lays siege · laying siege · laid siege

intransitive Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege. And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
figuratively, intransitive To attack continually over a long period. They’re laying siege to all we hold dear.

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verb to engage in a siege — see also besiege

Deutsch	belagern
Italiano	assediare, cingere d'assedio

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@misc{lay_siege_2026,
  title = {lay siege},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lay%20siege},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}