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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Cortés did not bring trebuchets from Europe but had been persuaded to build them mid-siege by an eager soldier who supposedly had experience with them.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026 -
D'Artagnan was a favorite of Louis XIV and, in 1673, led the Sun King's siege on the Dutch city of Maastricht during the Franco-Dutch war.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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Eisenstadt says a sea blockade against ships carrying Iranian oil would be a safer strategy and achieve the same goal of controlling most of Iran's oil industry.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Along with the Strait of Hormuz, currently under a de-facto Iranian blockade, the two narrow waterways are the primary routes used by the Middle East's energy producers to get their products to the vast markets in Asia and beyond.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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