ENCIRCLEMENT

blockade, encirclement

(noun) a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

encirclement (countable and uncountable, plural encirclements)

The act of encircling or the state of being encircled

(military) The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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