Both Uses of
siege
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- But when they saw that the enemy preferred a regular siege, they were delighted, I am told and reassured, for the thing would drag on for two months at least.†
Chpt 4.5 *
- I fail to understand why bombarding people by regular siege is more honourable.†
Chpt 6.7
Definition:
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
or:
any prolonged attack, effort, or period of trouble