siege, encirclement, fence
1. The act of surrounding and isolating a place, especially a fortified city, to force its surrender
The army laid siege to the castle for three months.
O exército fez cerco ao castelo por três meses.
2. A fence or enclosure that surrounds something
They built a wooden fence around the garden.
Eles construíram um cerco de madeira ao redor do jardim.
3. Any act of encirclement or surrounding
The police formed a circle around the suspect.
A polícia fez um cerco ao redor do suspeito.
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