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Definition of Encirclement
1. Noun. A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
Generic synonyms: Action, Military Action
Specialized synonyms: Naval Blockade, Beleaguering, Besieging, Military Blockade, Siege
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Derivative terms: Blockade, Encircle
Definition of Encirclement
1. Noun. The act of encircling or the state of being encircled ¹
2. Noun. (military) The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encirclement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encirclement
Literary usage of Encirclement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Adventure of Panama: Wherein are Exposed Its Relation to the Great by Philippe Bunau-Varilla (1920)
"... CHAPTER II The encirclement of Germany's enemies &y the dye industry THE
romantic story of the adoption of the hydro-pneumatic brake for the “75” by ..."
2. Germany and the German Emperor by George Herbert Perris (1912)
"encirclement " Queen Victoria died on January 22,1901; and Edward VII proclaimed
himself " fully determined to be a Constitutional Sovereign in the ..."
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