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Noun encirclement has 1 sense

• encirclement(n = noun.act) blockade - a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy; Array
is a kind of action, military action
has particulars: naval blockade, beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege
Derived form verb encircle₁

THESAURUS

encirclement

aerial tactics, airborne tactics, applied tactics, armored tactics, barrier tactics, beleaguerment, besiegement, blockade, blockading, cavalry tactics, cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, containment, defensive strategy, diversion, embracement, encincture, enclosure, encompassment, enfoldment, envelopment, environment, feint, fire tactics, girding, girdling, inclusion, infantry tactics, infiltration, investment, involvement, mob tactics, mobile tactics, pincer movement, pincers movement, shock tactics, siege, strategy, surrounding, tactics, vertical envelopment

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