Possible Clues:

• Way more than merely a battle
• It might involve a battering ram
• 'State of ___' (Mahmoud Darwish poetry collection)
• The type of economics that leads to blockade?
• Lay ___ to
• Battle tactic
• Burn with energy for new blockade
• Attack involving encirclement
• Campaign that may involve catapults and trebuchets
• Alternative to a blitz