Collocations for siege - noun

lengthy, long, prolonged (esp. BrE)
four-day, ten-hour, etc.
armed, gun, police (esp. BrE)
economic, military
Under military and economic siege, entire economic sectors have collapsed.

lay
An angry mob laid siege to City Hall.
The English forces laid siege to the city of Tournai.

break
end, lift, raise, relieve (= arrive to help the people in a siege)
The opposition pledged to lift a siege of government buildings.
The royal forces marched south to lift the siege of Donnington Castle.

withstand
This fortress could withstand a siege for years if necessary.

survive

last
The siege lasted two years.

begin, end
The seven-hour armed siege at the school ended peacefully.

warfare
engine, tower, weapon
mentality (figurative)
His views are typical of the siege mentality of this administration.

at a/the siege
soldiers wounded at the siege of Charleston

during a/the siege
under siege
At the very end of the war, the city again came under siege.

siege of

a state of siege
The police placed the city under a virtual state of siege.