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What is the noun for encircling?

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encirclement
  1. The act of encircling or the state of being encircled
  2. (military) The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Sixteen exhausted Soviet divisions were holding units of the 2nd and 3rd German panzer groups outside the encirclement ring.”
      “The encirclement of the world by telegraph by the early 1870s represented yet another revolution in communications.”
      “The counterattack scored some stunning successes at first, including the encirclement of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne.”
encircling
encirclements
encirclings
  1. plural of encircling
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