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
Yevheniya	-	Ukrainian
Lyda	-	English (Rare)
Enoch	EE-nək (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Pherick	-	Manx
Tvrtko	-	Croatian
Jagna	YAHG-nah	Polish