"siege" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

siege sustantivo

sustantivo + siege
Kolokacji: 25
siege of Sarajevo • Siege of Leningrad • Great Siege of Gibraltar • Waco Siege • siege of several days • ...
siege + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 19
siege engine • siege warfare • siege tower • siege mentality • siege gun • ...
siege + verbo
Kolokacji: 15
siege begins • siege lasts • siege ends • Siege takes • siege continues • ...
verbo + siege
Kolokacji: 29
lay siege • participate in the siege • take in the siege • lift the siege • break the siege • ...
adjetivo + siege
Kolokacji: 48
long siege • successful siege • unsuccessful siege • prolonged siege • lengthy siege • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
1. long siege = długie oblężenie long siege
2. prolonged siege = przedłużające się oblężenie prolonged siege
  • After a prolonged siege they took the city and re-fortified it effectively.
  • Besides, his British allies were restless, and would never have settled down for a prolonged siege.
  • Unprepared for a prolonged siege, the king was forced to withdraw from the region.
  • Why would someone go to all the trouble to build a base like that just to be trapped in a prolonged siege?
  • In Chillán he had to submit to a prolonged siege.
  • Even so a prolonged siege would see the populations begin to starve within three weeks.
  • Operations were called off after a prolonged siege of almost a month though the final preparations for assault had been made.
  • The military clearly planned to win decisively and did not want a prolonged siege.
  • A prolonged siege could have given guerrillas time to fire on the 200 American forces surrounding the house, officials said.
  • After this battle, both sides settled down for a prolonged siege.
3. lengthy siege = przydługie oblężenie lengthy siege
4. protracted siege = przedłużające się oblężenie protracted siege
5. brief siege = krótkie oblężenie brief siege
6. short siege = krótkie oblężenie short siege
7. constant siege = stałe oblężenie constant siege
8. month-long siege = całomiesięczne oblężenie month-long siege
9. year-long siege = całoroczne oblężenie year-long siege
10. extended siege = poszerzone oblężenie extended siege
11. British siege = Brytyjskie oblężenie British siege
(2) successful, unsuccessful
Kolokacji: 2
(3) Serbian, German, Prussian
Kolokacji: 3
(7) Israeli, Turkish
Kolokacji: 2
(8) bloody, great, virtual
Kolokacji: 3
(9) French, terrorist
Kolokacji: 2
(10) brutal, deadly, bitter
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + siege
Kolokacji: 12
under siege • during the siege • after a siege • for a siege • of the siege • ...

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