as in siege
the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies
the devastating beleaguerment of Leningrad that lasted from September 1941 to January 1944
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Noun
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Casselberry Coin Club: The program will be a slide show about English civil war siege tokens.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 July 2025 -
When seeing injustice portrayed on the screen, viewers brought with them the images that have been burned into global consciousness after nearly two years of siege on Gaza—images of children killed, hospitals bombed, and international law flouted with impunity.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Aid slowly resumed entry into Gaza after Israel instituted an 11-week total blockade on all humanitarian supplies entering the strip earlier this year.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Aug. 2025
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China has intensified pressure on Taiwan through near-daily military sorties in the Taiwan Strait, large-scale exercises and simulated blockades.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Beleaguerment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beleaguerment. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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