- blockade, encirclement - a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
--1 is a kind of military action, action
--1 has particulars:naval blockade; siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade Derived form: verb encircle2  
| naval blockade; siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade | 
| Derived form:
verb encircle2 |