English-Italian translations for state of siege

• stato d'assedio
  Quello che era iniziato come un lieto happening si è trasformato in uno stato d'assedio con alti livelli di aggressività e violenza. What began as a good-natured event degenerated into a state of siege with a high degree of aggression and violence.
• stato di guerra

Definition 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

Related words

• estate of
• state of matter
• state of mind
• state of the art
• state of war
• state of emergency
• state of enforcement
• state of being
• State of the Union