einkesseln — meaning in English
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English meaning
- besiege verb To surround a place with soldiers in order to force the people inside to give up.
- encirclement noun The act of surrounding something, or the state of being surrounded.
Senses
einkesseln is used for these senses in English:
- besiege (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- bottle up To prevent (enemy vessels) from leaving an anchorage.
- encirclement (military) The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it
besiege — full definition
- verb To surround a place with soldiers in order to force the people inside to give up.
- verb To trouble or surround someone persistently.
- verb To keep asking someone for something, again and again.
encirclement — full definition
- noun The act of surrounding something, or the state of being surrounded.
- noun The cutting-off of a target by setting up a blockade around it.
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