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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope