Usually means: Prolonged military assault on fortifications.
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  1. sieges: Merriam-Webster
  2. sieges: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sieges: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sieges, sieges: Wordnik
  5. sieges: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sieges: Wiktionary
  7. sieges: Dictionary.com
  8. Sieges: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. sieges: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sieges: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (siege)

noun:  Military action.
noun:  (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
noun:  (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
noun:  (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
noun:  A seat.
noun:  (obsolete) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
noun:  (obsolete) An ecclesiastical see.
noun:  (obsolete) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
noun:  The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
noun:  A flock of herons.
noun:  (obsolete) A toilet seat.
noun:  (obsolete) The anus; the rectum.
noun:  (obsolete) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
noun:  (obsolete) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
noun:  (obsolete) The floor of a glass-furnace.
noun:  (obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
verb:  (transitive, uncommon) To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.
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