Besieging

a.

1.

That besieges; laying siege to.

Noun

1.

besieging - the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack Synonyms: beleaguering, military blockade, siege

Alamo, armed forces, armed services, Atlanta, Bataan, battle of Atlanta, beleaguering, blockade, Corregidor, Dien Bien Phu, encirclement, Lucknow, military, military blockade, military machine, Orleans, Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign, Pleven, Plevna, siege, siege of Orleans, siege of Syracuse, siege of Vicksburg, Syracuse, Vicksburg, war machine, Yorktown