The US is pursuing the geopolitical encirclement of China.
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Encirclement
//ɪnˈsɜː(ɹ)kəlmənt//
Synonyms for "encirclement" (48 found)
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Related words (24)
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38 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- շրջափակում noun (isolation of a target)
Belarusian
1 entries- акружэ́нне noun (act of encircling)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обкръже́ние noun (act of encircling)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 包围圈 noun (isolation of a target)
- 包圍 /包围 noun (act of encircling)
Czech
1 entries- obklíčení noun (act of encircling)
Finnish
4 entries- motitus noun (isolation of a target)
- piiritys noun (isolation of a target)
- saarto noun (isolation of a target)
- ympyröinti noun (act of encircling)
German
4 entries- Einkesseln noun (act of encircling)
- Einkesseln noun (isolation of a target)
- Einkesselung noun (act of encircling)
- Einkesselung noun (isolation of a target)
Greek
1 entries- περιτριγύρισμα noun (act of encircling)
Japanese
1 entries- 包囲 noun (act of encircling)
Korean
1 entries- 포위 noun (act of encircling)
Māori
3 entries- ponitakatanga noun (act of encircling)
- taiāwhiotanga noun (act of encircling)
- whiwhinga noun (act of encircling)
Polish
2 entries- okrążenie noun (act of encircling)
- otoczenie noun (isolation of a target)
Romanian
3 entries- încercuire noun (act of encircling)
- încercuire noun (isolation of a target)
- înconjurare noun (isolation of a target)
Russian
2 entries- окруже́ние noun (act of encircling)
- окруже́ние noun (isolation of a target)
Slovak
1 entries- obkľúčenie noun (act of encircling)
Southern Altai
2 entries- курчу noun (act of encircling)
- курчу noun (isolation of a target)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ото́чення noun (act of encircling)
- ото́чення noun (isolation of a target)
Welsh
2 entries- amgylchyniad noun (act of encircling)
- amgylchyniad noun (isolation of a target)
Sample sentences
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Not only did it give the Russians an abiding fear of encirclement, whether by nomadic hordes or by nuclear-missile sites, but it also launched them on their relentless drive eastwards and southwards into Asia, and eventually collision with the British in India.
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