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Definition of To raise a siege

To raise a siege
To raise a siege, to relinquish an attempt to take a place by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished. To raise steam, to produce steam of a required pressure. To raise the wind, to procure ready money by some temporary expedient. [Colloq.] To raise Cain, or To raise the devil, to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble. [Slang] Syn: To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause; produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.

Meaning of To raise a siege from wikipedia

- laid siege to the Ottoman-held city of Taif, but the Ottoman governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, successfully forced them to raise the siege. In 1814...
- failed with heavy casualties, but the British failed to capture the fort and were forced to raise the siege. In the early days of the War of 1812 (1812–1815)...
- referred to as the siege of Little Washington. After the culmination of Burnside's North Carolina Expedition little attention had been given to North Carolina...
- the approach of a powerful Imperial army to raise the siege. Under Charles's father, Philip the Good, Burgundy had allied itself to the cause of the...
- force, raising the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis and leading to the end of the Second Bulgarian Empire. It is often referred to as the Crusade...
- summoned to surrender but refused. The siege began. The besiegers tried to storm the walls, but failed. They then resorted to starving Derry. They raised the...
- November – 30 December) succeeded in raising the siege. The Western Desert Campaign was fought from Mersa Matruh in Egypt to Gazala in Cyrenaica on the Libyan...
- armies were laying siege to Mantua at the beginning of the year, and a second attempt by Austrians under Joseph Alvinczy to raise the siege was driven off...
- The siege of Ankara was an inconclusive siege of Ankara by Timur. From Sivas, Timur's army marched to Ankara in twelve days. The lead contingents of Timur's...
- of the town and laid siege to the city. After repeated failed attempts and heavy fighting, the Turks were forced to raise the siege which had lasted 22...