1. the act or process of wrapping, covering, or surrounding something completely
2. a military maneuver in which forces surround or encircle an enemy position
Usage: military

Examples

• The envelopment of the gift in colorful paper made it look festive.
• The fog's envelopment of the city made visibility nearly zero.
• The general ordered an envelopment of the enemy's left flank.
• The envelopment of the building in scaffolding indicated renovation work was beginning.
• Darkness brought a complete envelopment of the landscape.
• The tactical envelopment succeeded in trapping the opposing forces.