encirclements
Acts of surrounding
Encirclements are acts of surrounding or being surrounded.
The word appears most often in military contexts, where encirclement is a tactical maneuver to trap enemy forces: The encirclements of German divisions at Stalingrad proved decisive.
The term extends to any situation where something is ringed or hemmed in: diplomatic encirclements, the encirclement of the city by protesters.
Preventing hostile expansion
- isolationComplete separation from others
- restrictionLimit on action
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
pressure · confinement · limitation · constraint · suppression · stranglehold · cutoff · trapping
Encirclement forcing surrender
- blockadeSealing off a place
- surroundingEnclosing on all sides
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
flanking · pincer · battalion · conquest · stronghold · perimeter · garrison · tactical
containment
Preventing hostile expansion
- isolationComplete separation from others
- restrictionLimit on action
- controlAuthority to direct
dominance · pressure · confinement · limitation · constraint · suppression · stranglehold · cutoff · trapping · quarantine
siege
Encirclement forcing surrender
- blockadeSealing off a place
- surroundingEnclosing on all sides
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
fortification · flanking · pincer · battalion · conquest · stronghold · perimeter · garrison · tactical · maneuver
circumference
Circle's outer measurement
loop · arc · radius · diameter · outline · contour · orbit · curve · closure · periphery
embrace
Hold closely in arms
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- huddleClose protective gathering
- formationCreation or arrangement
procession · ritual · dance · congregation · assembly · wreath · garland · crown · halo · mandala
- Eastern FrontStalingrad, Kursk, Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- historic momentsturning points, heroic act, triumphs, sacrifice, victories
encirclementsbreakthroughs
Sudden significant advances
breakouts · escapes · liberations · retreats · withdrawals
encirclementsdispersals
Acts of spreading outward
scatterings · expansions · openings · breaches · releases
encirclementsreleases
Lets go or publishes
liberations · emancipations · unblockings · clearances · evacuations