encirclement – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
encirclement
n.
act of encircling, act of surrounding; state of being surrounded
Encirclement
Encirclement is a military term for the situation when a force or target is isolated and surrounded by enemy forces.
encirclement
Noun
1. a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
(synonym) blockade
(hypernym) military action, action
(hyponym) naval blockade
(derivation) encircle, circle
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
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, 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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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