Sitiar in english
Besiege
pronunciation: bɪsidʒ part of speech: verb
pronunciation: bɪsidʒ part of speech: verb
In gestures
sitiar = come under + siege ; besiege ; lay + siege to ; set + siege to ; blockade.
Example: The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.Example: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Example: Syrian tanks laid siege to a defiant town in the centre of the country yesterday.Example: The most famous such battle was fought at Numancia, the Iberian city to which the Romans set siege for sixteen years.Example: Scores of high schools are blockaded across France as students join demonstrations against controversial labour reforms.