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Another word for encircle

encircle Synonyms

encircle

v.

encompass, circle, girdle, enclose; see circle, surround 1, 2.

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Another word for encircle

verb

To shut in on all sides:

begird, beset, circle, compass, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring¹, surround. See open

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To encircle the plateau of the Donets.
She stepped forward, lifting her arms to encircle his neck.
Broad, and on the other by a range of hills which almost encircle the town.
Tracks of a belt line transfer company encircle the city, and altogether there are more than 500 m.
The old stories of earlier days encircle places which, though denounced for their corruption, were not regarded as illegitimate, and in the form in which the dim traditions of the past are now preserved they reveal an attempt to purify popular belief and thought.

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