engelska-danska översättning av besiege

belejreOmfanget og arten af de angreb, der er udført mod Gaza af en moderne hær mod et belejret folk, der allerede er svagt som følge af isolation og belejring, er ganske forfærdende. The scale and type of attacks carried out on Gaza by a modern army against a besieged people, who are already weak as a result of isolation and siege, is absolutely horrific. Ved hjælp af embargoen har vi forsøgt at belejre Irak og at tvinge det irakiske folk til at udskifte sin ledelse. Det er ikke lykkedes os, selvom vi nu har prøvet i syv et halvt år. We have attempted to besiege Iraq and to force the Iraqi people to change their government through the embargo and we have not succeeded, even though we have been trying for seven and a half years.

To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer
to assail or ply, as with requests or demands

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