lay siege to

To surround and attack a place (often a city or building) with armed troops. A: "The army has laid siege to our town!" B: "I knew we should have evacuated sooner!"

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Roland	RO-lənd (English), ro-LAWN (French), RO-lawnd (Hungarian)	English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, Medieval French
IngegÄRd	ING-e-yerd	Swedish
Bogomir	-	Slovene
MuhsİN	-	Turkish
Laurinda	[lɔ'rində]
Ealhhere	-	Anglo-Saxon