siege
/siːdʒ/
US pronunciation
American sound/siːdʒ/
siege
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- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> siege
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
(က) မြို့၊ ခံတပ် စသည်ကို စစ်သည်ဗိုလ်ပါဖြင့် ဝန်းရံလုပ်ကြံခြင်း။ the siege of Troy ❍ be in a state of siege ❍ The city was under siege for eight months. ❍ raise/lift (ie end) a siege ❍ siege-guns.
(ခ) (ရဲ စသည်က အဆောက် အအုံ စသည်ကို) ဝိုင်းခြင်း။ The siege was finally brought to an end when the terrorists surrendered.
❏ lay siege to sth [IDM ]
၁။ (မြို့၊ အဆောက်အအုံ စသည်ကို) ဝိုင်းထားသည်။
၂။ (လူ)ဝိုင်းသည်၊ အုံသည်။ Crowds of journalists laid siege to the star's flat.
More examples
- The troops prepared to withstand a long siege.
- [break a siege] : An attempt was made to break the 38-month siege of Sarajevo.
- [lift/raise a siege] : The king lifted the siege two months later.
- [under siege] : Malta was under siege in World War II.
- Police surrounded the house for a 12 hour siege.
- [state of siege] : The town was in a state of siege (=people could not leave or enter it).
- [lay siege to something] : Hundreds of students laid siege to the American embassy.
Synonyms
blockade, cordon, annoy, badger, bar, barricade, barrier, bedevil, beset, besiege, blank wall, block, border, bother, cage, clog, closure, confine, coop, corral, edge, embolus, encirclement, enclose, fence, girdle, gnaw, harass, harry, hem in, hinder, hindrance, immure, impediment, infarct, infarction, nag, obstacle, obstruct, obstruction, pen, persecute, pester, plague, put upon, restrict, restriction, ring, roadblock, set upon, snag, stop, stoppage, storm, surround, tease, vex, wall, worry
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