#encirclement__blockade  a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
  supertype:  #military_action__action  a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
  subtype:  #naval_blockade__navalblockade  the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power
  subtype:  #siege__besieging__beleaguering__military_blockade  the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
     instance:  #battle_of_Atlanta__Atlanta  #Bataan__Corregidor  #Dien_Bien_Phu  #Lucknow  #siege_of_Orleans__Orleans  #Petersburg_Campaign__Petersburg  #Plevna__Pleven  #siege_of_Syracuse__Syracuse  #siege_of_Syracuse.siege__siegeofsyracuse__Syracuse  #siege_of_Vicksburg__Vicksburg  #Yorktown

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