The word "besiegers" refers to people or forces that surround and attack a place, usually a fortress or a city, with the intention of gaining control or forcing those inside to surrender.
Sentences with «besiegers»
In other battles besiegers unleashed pigs and camels to frighten elephants and horses, whereupon the generals exposed their stables to these animals and their offensive odors. (discovermagazine.com)
In 627, when the Quraysh and their allies besieged the city in the Battle of the Trench, the Qurayza entered into negotiations with the besiegers. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
In a reversal of our usual understanding of what happened during such events, Gerard threw bread out from the city to the besiegers, who were themselves starving. (faith.org.uk)