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
Nikolao	nee-ko-LAH-o	Esperanto
Phelan	-	Irish
Marin	-	French, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Tamir	-	Hebrew
Selima	-	Arabic
Malene	-	Danish, Norwegian