Usually means: Encirclement tactic surrounding the enemy.
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  1. envelopment: Merriam-Webster
  2. envelopment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. envelopment: Collins English Dictionary
  4. envelopment: Vocabulary.com
  5. Envelopment, envelopment: Wordnik
  6. envelopment: Wiktionary
  7. envelopment: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Envelopment, envelopment: Dictionary.com
  9. Envelopment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Envelopment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. envelopment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. envelopment: Rhymezone
  13. Envelopment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. envelopment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. envelopment: FreeDictionary.org
  16. envelopment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. envelopment: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. envelopment: Encyclopedia

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  1. Envelopment: Sports Definitions

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(Note: See envelop as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (envelopment)

noun:  The act of enveloping.
noun:  That which envelops; a covering.
noun:  (military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.
noun:  (fencing) An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line.

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