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ENCIRCLEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does encirclement mean?
• ENCIRCLEMENT (noun)
The noun ENCIRCLEMENT has 1 sense:
1. a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
Familiarity information: ENCIRCLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
blockade; encirclement
Hypernyms ("encirclement" is a kind of...):
action; military action (a military engagement)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "encirclement"):
naval blockade (the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power)
beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)
Derivation:
encircle (form or draw a circle around)
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