- encirclement
- noun see encircle
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
encirclement
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encirclement — noun a) The act of encircling or the state of being encircled b) The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it … Wiktionary
encirclement — Synonyms and related words: aerial tactics, airborne tactics, applied tactics, armored tactics, barrier tactics, beleaguerment, besiegement, blockade, blockading, cavalry tactics, cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture … Moby Thesaurus
