envelopment

en·vel·op  (n-vlp)

tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops

1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" Curtis Wilkie.

2. To attack (an enemy's flank).

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[Middle English envolupen, to be involved in, from Old French envoluper, envoloper : en-, in; see en-¹ + voloper, to wrap up.]

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en·velop·er n.

en·velop·ment n.

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Noun

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envelopment - the act of enclosing something inside something else enclosing, enclosure, inclosure intromission, insertion, introduction - the act of putting one thing into another boxing, packing - the enclosure of something in a package or box encasement, incasement - the act of enclosing something in a case

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An offensive maneuver in which the main attacking force passes around or over the enemy's principal defensive positions to secure objectives to the enemy's rear. See also turning movement.