Across
- 2. thin and bony
- 5. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside
- 8. the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn
- 9. calm, peace, tranquility
- 10. a source of a desirable quality or commodity
Down
- 1. destroy utterly; obliterate
- 3. exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action
- 4. someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas
- 6. the action of depriving someone of membership in an organization
- 7. hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)