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encirclement

noun
/ɪnˈsɜː(ɹ)kəlmənt/

Etymology

From encircle + -ment.

  1. derived from κίρκος — “circle, ring”
  2. derived from circus — “circle, circus”
  3. derived from circulus
  4. derived from cercle
  5. inherited from circle
  6. formed as encircle — “en- + circle”
  7. suffixed as encirclement — “encircle + ment”

Definitions

  1. The act of encircling or the state of being encircled

  2. The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for encirclement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA