English-Danish translations for siege

• belejring
  Siden da har de irakiske styrker indledt en belejring af lejren. Since then Iraqi forces have started a siege around the camp.
  Nu er kameraerne væk, men den økonomiske belejring fortsætter. Now the cameras have gone away, yet the economic siege continues.
  Befolkningen har levet under belejring i meget lang tid. This is a population that has been under siege for a very long time.

Definition of siege

• ''Military action.''
• ''A seat.''
• A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory
• To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege

Related words

• besiege
• besieger
• besieged
• unbesieged
• siegecraft
• Siegerland
• télésiège
• siege engine
• siege warfare