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noun
The art of siege warfare, namely, that of conducting or resisting a siege.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: siegecraft
Antonyms: none provided
History
Partly: * borrowed from Late Latin poliorcetica (“siege engines”) + English -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum) (poliorcetica is derived from Koine Greek πολιορκητικά (poliorkētiká, “things related to sieges”), the neuter plural of πολιορκητικός (poliorkētikós, “relating to poliorcetics, poliorcetic”), from Ancient Greek πολῐορκέω (polĭorkéō, “to besiege, blockade”) (from πόλις (pólis, “city”) + ἕρκος (hérkos, “enclosure; fence”)) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or relating to’)); and * from poliorcetic (“relating to poliorcetics”) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).
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