💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Siege of orleans"
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| orleansnoun | A city, the capital of Loiret department, France; the regional capital of Centre-Val de Loire. |
| siege perilousnoun | (mythology) In Arthurian legend, a vacant seat at the Round Table, reserved by Merlin for the knight who would one day be successful in the quest for the Holy Grail. |
| fort donelson | a fortress built early in 1862 by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to control the Cumberland River, which led to the heart of Tennessee, and thereby the Confederacy. |
| french revolutionnoun | (historical) A period in France of radical social and political upheaval which saw the country change from a monarchy (the Ancien Régime) to a republic (1789–1799). |
| besiegingverb | The act by which a place is besieged. |
| besiegersnoun | A person who besieges. |
| napoleonic warsnoun | The series of wars (1803–1815) between France (ruled by Napoleon) and other European countries. |
| under siege | a 1992 action thriller film directed by Andrew Davis from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. |
| besiegedverb | surrounded by hostile forces |
| american revolutionnoun | (US, historical) The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) of the contiguous southern Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire on the east coast of the North American mainland. |
| new orleansnoun | The largest city in Louisiana, United States and the parish seat of Orleans Parish, which is coterminous with the city. |
| besiegesverb | (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer. |
| invasionnoun | A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government. |
| besiegernoun | A person who besieges. |
| trench warfarenoun | (uncountable) Warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches and repeatedly fire at one another; usually involving high casualty rates over a long period of time. |
| seigenoun | Misspelling of siege. [Military action.] |
| conquestnoun | An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy. |
| napoleonicnoun | Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte. |
| chancellorsvillenoun | The Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863, which occurred there. |
| citadelnoun | A strong fortress that sits high above a city. |
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