ENCIRCLEMENT

Pronunciation:			ens'urkulmunt
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
	Synonyms:		blockade
	See Also:		action, beleaguering, besieging, military action, military blockade, naval blockade, siege
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		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