Antonyms for siege
sidʒsiege

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1. • Blockade
   • Military

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1. siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockadenoun

   the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

   Synonyms:
   military blockade, beleaguering, besieging

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. siegenoun

   Synonyms:
   investment, blockade, besiegement

   Associated words:
   obsidional, besiege, beleaguer, obsess, obsession, beset

How to use siege in a sentence?

1. Abu Yassine:

   It is a difficult and dangerous period we are going through. Aleppo is almost under siege.

2. Fawaz Gerges:

   There is a widespread perception that Saudi Arabia is pursuing chaotic, counter-productive policies, the Saudis are really behaving with a sense of siege, reacting to events as if each was the end of the world.

3. Peter Kornbluh:

   A society that has lived in the historic dark shadow of the colossus of the north is now feeling some sunlight, the lifting of the general state of siege mentality that normal relations will bring is ultra-important.

4. Jenny Capodor:

   On the morning of Wednesday, July 7, he called me and told me that, sadly, they got there to protect someone important but that they arrived late. He told me they were in a house, under siege and under fire, fighting. But he told me not to worry and not to tell our mother, that everything was going to be alright.

5. Sardar Sahil:

   We are living under siege for more than 1-1/2 decades due to sectarian attacks, though all these checkposts were established for our security, we feel we were ourselves also cut off from other communities.

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