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encirclement

noun

Definition of encirclement

as in containment

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Recent Examples of encirclement Along these routes, the drones are targeting fuel trucks, ammunition carriers, troop transports, and other logistics vehicles, degrading supply flows into and out of the city without a traditional ground encirclement. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 Facing encirclement in the desert town of Kidal, the Africa Corps — now operating under Russia’s Defense Ministry after replacing the Wagner Group — negotiated a safe-passage agreement with militants to evacuate its personnel. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 Faced with an enemy encirclement, the General ordered his troops to use their heavy armored wagons to provide cover. — Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026 Iran’s strategy of encirclement of Israel had collapsed, and its ballistic-missile counterpunch was largely deflected by Israeli and Western defenses. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026 This has included more frequent air and naval crossings over the centerline of the strait, multiple live-fire encirclement exercises to simulate a blockade scenario, unprecedented missile tests over the island, and regular intrusions of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025

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Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
The Claremont Fire that started in July burned more than 6,600 acres of the Boise Foothills before reaching full containment in August.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of containment

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Grid current passes through silicon carbide transistors that switch at high frequency before sending it through a small conventional transformer, preserving the essential electrical isolation between the grid and everything downstream.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The receiving device checks every instruction against what the sender is actually permitted to do, building on network isolation and device identity rather than replacing them.

— Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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