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Meanings of encirclement in English

Russian
окружение
Spanish
embolsamiento
Catalan
encerclament militar
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Military term.

Related terms
окружение
Portuguese
bloqueio
Spanish
bloqueo

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

bloqueio
Usage of encirclement in English
1
In Tehran, the threat to Iran's security is seen as its encirclement.
The Guardian
2
Preoperative CEA level correlated with the degree of lumen encirclement by tumor.
Pubmed
3
Pakistan is deeply suspicious of growing Indian influence in Afghanistan and fears encirclement.
Reuters
4
They knew nothing of Cannae but they knew Sedan and encirclement.
The guns of august
5
He grumbled, still continued his slow and torturous encirclement of his intended prey.
The Tarn of Eternity
6
The three formed a triangle while the Avowed completed their encirclement.
Return of the Crimson Guard
7
The woman was pacing a slow encirclement of the entire installation.
Blood and Bone
8
The Guard had withdrawn to behind their shieldwall; the Imperials merely maintained their encirclement.
Return of the Crimson Guard
9
When dawn came Fist Steppen found herself looking out at an encirclement of Seguleh.
Orb Sceptre Throne
10
It's an encirclement some analysts fear we are experiencing again.
News.com.au
11
He had made good the fatal lapse, secured Germany's back door, and broken the encirclement.
The guns of august
12
Story about a general who escaped from an encirclement leading a goat on a rope.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
13
After Laredo's firmly leashed, he will have broken the encirclement that's kept him in check.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
14
Thinking back, she couldn't exactly remember how or why she'd survived the Malazan encirclement and siege.
Blood and Bone
15
Ivanov, Dmitry Yakovlevich, from Yaroslavl: 'I was cut off for eighteen days in an enemy encirclement.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
16
For the time being China has broken a menacing encirclement by playing off Wash. against Moscow.
The new yorker
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Translations for encirclement
Portuguese
bloqueio
Encirclement through the time