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(intransitive) Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege. / (intransitive, figuratively) To attack continually over a long period.

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lay siege

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Source Word

lay siege

Verb

intransitive figuratively

Japanese Meaning

包囲する / 長期に渡って攻撃し続ける

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After weeks of planning, the rebel forces decided to lay siege to the fortified city at dawn.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

数週間の準備の後、反乱軍は夜明けに要塞化された都市を包囲することに決めた。

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(intransitive) Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege.

And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

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