Both Uses of
siege
in
David Copperfield
- I found it rather harassing to live in this state of siege, but was too much afraid of Mrs. Crupp to see any way out of it.†
Chpt 34-36 *
- At length, I lost that feeble hold upon reality, and was engaged with two dear friends, but who they were I don't know, at the siege of some town in a roar of cannonading.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(siege) a military tactic in which a fortified place is surrounded and isolated while it is attacked over time
or:
any prolonged attack, effort, or period of trouble