Antonyms for encirclement
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : en-sur-kuh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈsɜr kəl |
Definition of encirclement
Origin :- c.1400, from en- (1) "make, put in" + circle. Related: Encircled; encircling; encirclement.
- As in blockade : noun barrier
- The fable of the war of defence was helped out with the fable of encirclement.
- Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
- The English "arrangement" consisted in the encirclement of Germany.
- Extract from : « The Kaiser's Memoirs » by William II, German Emperor
- It was now a salient threatened with encirclement on the north and south.
- Extract from : « A Short History of the Great War » by A. F. Pollard
- By the shadow's echo of his movements, he could trace a vague outline of encirclement.
- Extract from : « Shock Treatment » by Stanley Mullen
- The union of these ambitions in a common course of action, duly planned, is what we call the "policy of encirclement."
- Extract from : « The Kaiser's Memoirs » by William II, German Emperor
- Little John Aylmer answered with an ecstatic chuckle of delight, and wriggled hurriedly into the encirclement of his friend's arm.
- Extract from : « The Pursuit » by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
- All expected that the next attack would be upon the city, an attempt at encirclement from the north and from the south.
- Extract from : « The Challenge of the Dead » by Stephen Graham
- He reached the misty outskirts of the mass and began its encirclement, drawing a little nearer to its center with every circuit.
- Extract from : « Tam O' The Scoots » by Edgar Wallace
- The Greek frontier was a feeble protection, and the French at Kavadar were threatened with encirclement on their left.
- Extract from : « A Short History of the Great War » by A. F. Pollard
- A Turco-Korean alliance would have meant for China a sort of encirclement that might have grave consequences.
- Extract from : « A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] » by Wolfram Eberhard
Synonyms for encirclement
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