verb
- present participle of siege; surrounding and attacking a fortified place to capture it
Usage: present participle form
Examples
- The army was sieging the castle for three months.
- They are sieging the fortress with heavy artillery.
- The troops began sieging the city at dawn.
- Medieval armies spent years sieging well-fortified towns.
- The rebels were sieging the government stronghold.
- After sieging the port for weeks, they finally broke through.