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encirclement

/ɪnˈsɜː(ɹ)kəlmənt/

encirclement noun: the act of encircling or the state of being encircled.

Noun

encirclement (countable and uncountable, plural encirclements)

  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
    • Not only did it give the Russians an abiding fear of encirclement, whether by nomadic hordes or by nuclear-missile sites, but it also launched them on their relentless drive eastwards and southwards into Asia, and eventually collision with the British in India.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 9

encirclement meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali

encirclement in Hindi

isolation of a target
घेराव gherāv

encirclement in Tamil

கட்டு

encirclement in Bengali

encirclement; circumference; girth
বেড় beṛ

Forms of encirclement

pluralencirclements

Origin of encirclement

From encircle + -ment.

Words formed from encirclement

Questions about encirclement

What does encirclement mean?
Encirclement means the act of encircling or the state of being encircled.
What is encirclement in Hindi?
Encirclement in Hindi is घेराव (gherāv). See Encirclement meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is encirclement?
Encirclement is a noun.
How do you pronounce encirclement?
Encirclement is pronounced /ɪnˈsɜː(ɹ)kəlmənt/.
What is the plural of encirclement?
The plural of encirclement is encirclements.

Words near encirclement in the dictionary

  1. encipherments
  2. enciphers
  3. enciprazine
  4. encircle
  5. encircled
  6. encirclement
  7. encirclements
  8. encircler
  9. encirclers
  10. encircles
  11. encirclet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encirclement (page history and authors); encirclement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বেড় (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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