Besetment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being beset. countable, uncountable

    "A common threat to icebreakers is besetment, where they are trapped in the ice and unable to ram the ice to escape."

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"A common threat to icebreakers is besetment, where they are trapped in the ice and unable to ram the ice to escape."

Etymology

From beset + -ment.

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