encompassment

noun

Definition of encompassmentnext
as in containment

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  1. containment
  2. encirclement
  3. isolation
Noun
  • Firefighters began to gain the upper hand on the fire throughout Saturday afternoon, keeping the flames within the burn scar and building containment lines around the fire.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Huang argued that the incidents so far could all have been avoided with stronger containment and monitoring of AI agents.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of containment
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  • 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
Definition of encirclement
Noun
  • 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
Definition of isolation
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“Encompassment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encompassment. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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