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"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 • ...
preposición + siege
Kolokacji: 12
under siege • during the siege • after a siege • for a siege • of the siege • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 9
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 1
(1) under, during, after, for, of, ...
Kolokacji: 12
1. under siege = poniżej oblężenia under siege
under Siege
2. during the siege = podczas oblężenia during the siege
during the Siege, during one's siege, during the Great Siege
3. after a siege = po oblężeniu after a siege
after the siege
4. for a siege = dla oblężenia for a siege
5. of the siege = z oblężenia of the siege
of siege, of the Siege, of Siege, of sieges, of one's siege
6. in the siege = w oblężeniu in the siege
in the Siege, in sieges
7. at the siege = przy oblężeniu at the siege
at the Siege
8. to the siege = do oblężenia to the siege
9. following a siege = następując po oblężeniu following a siege
following the siege, following the Siege
10. against a siege = przeciwko oblężeniu against a siege
11. from the siege = z oblężenia from the siege
12. by siege = przez oblężenie by siege
  • Without major field battles, the Serbian tactic was based on seizing towns by siege.
  • "He was forced to yield by long siege," the king said.
  • The Maratha army attacked and took seventeen fortresses by siege.
  • It would be hard to take this place by siege.
  • Hitler's strategy of neutralising Malta by siege seemed to be working.
  • Having done as much as possible to prevent the relief of the castle, Philip then set about reducing it by siege.
  • Rather than storm these, Murray chose to reduce them by siege.
  • His army was composed mostly of cavalry, and were unable to recover Castro by siege.
  • The way Temperance had fortified the palace, it might have taken months to capture the place by siege.
  • In Rennes, which had paid the price of this marriage by siege, food shortage, and an occupation, it was hardly mentioned.

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