phong tỏa

/fawŋ tɔa/

siege

Quân đội đã tiến hành phong tỏa thành phố.

The army conducted a siege of the city.

formal

A military operation where a city or area is surrounded and cut off from supplies and reinforcements, typically to force surrender.

Phong tỏa kéo dài ba tháng đã buộc quân địch đầu hàng.

The three-month siege forced the enemy to surrender.

This term is used in historical and military contexts.

Collocations

to lift a siege

This term is specific to military strategies and historical events.

Derived from the verb 'phong' (to surround) and 'tỏa' (to spread), indicating a surrounding action.

Primarily used in historical and military contexts, not in everyday language.

phong

to surround

root

tỏa

to spread

root

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