besieging
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Types & categories
- blockade hypernym
- Alamo instance hyponym
- battle of Atlanta instance hyponym
- Bataan instance hyponym
- Dien Bien Phu instance hyponym
- Lucknow instance hyponym
- siege of Orleans instance hyponym
- Petersburg Campaign instance hyponym
- Plevna instance hyponym
- siege of Syracuse instance hyponym
- siege of Syracuse instance hyponym
- siege of Vicksburg instance hyponym
- siege of Yorktown instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- military domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blockade |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alamo |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | battle of Atlanta |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bataan |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dien Bien Phu |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lucknow |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | siege of Orleans |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Petersburg Campaign |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Plevna |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | siege of Syracuse |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | siege of Syracuse |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | siege of Vicksburg |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | siege of Yorktown |