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Siege of syracuse

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syracusenounA city and port, the capital of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
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.
under siegea 1992 action thriller film directed by Andrew Davis from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton.
besiegersnounA person who besieges.
besiegingverbThe act by which a place is besieged.
besiegedverbsurrounded by hostile forces
peloponnesian warThe Second Peloponnesian War, often called simply the Peloponnesian War, was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world.
fort donelsona 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.
besiegernounA person who besieges.
besiegesverb(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
siegesnoun(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
seigenounMisspelling of siege. [Military action.]
citadelnounA strong fortress that sits high above a city.
trojan warnoun(Greek mythology) A mythological war and siege as described in Homer's Iliad.
fortressnounA fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
fort knoxnounThe United States Bullion Depository, a vault where gold reserves are stored.
camillusnounA town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
saratoganounA town in Saratoga County, New York, adjacent to Saratoga Springs.
rochesternounA town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia
strongholdnounA place built to withstand attack; a fortress.

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