Associations to the word «Encirclement»

Wiktionary

ENCIRCLEMENT, noun. The act of encircling or the state of being encircled
ENCIRCLEMENT, noun. (military) The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it

Dictionary definition

ENCIRCLEMENT, noun. A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne