Encirclement in a sentence as a noun

What reassurance is Russia expected to see that encirclement, containment, and isolation is not the goal of the West?

The legendary Mongol general Subutai left a "hole" in the their encirclement of the Hungarian army.

The battle was effectively won once the encirclement was completed, but killing people in close quarter combat is an agonizingly slow process unless there's a rout.

It would also leave this force more vulnerable to something like an encirclement.- Assuming hostilities are unavoidable, there would be little military benefit to NK doing this.

Encirclement definitions

noun

a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy

See also: blockade