All 3 Uses of
siege
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- That he was always a little drunk by four o'clock in the afternoon and that before Vicksburg sometimes during the siege he was very drunk for a couple of days.†
Chpt 18 *
- I believe it was largely through his efforts and his advice that our siege was successful.†
Chpt 18
- What a ridicule we make waiting here and laying siege to dead men.†
Chpt 27
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