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
Roxane	rok-SAHN (French), rahk-SAN (English)	French, English, Ancient Greek
Joel	JOL (English), JO-əl (English), ho-EL (Spanish), zhoo-EL (Portuguese), YO-el (Swedish, Finnish)	English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Biblical
Pasquale	-	Italian
Thompson	['tɔmpsn]
Crabtree	['kræbtri:]
Jalil	-	Arabic, Persian