encircled
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3.9
- adjective
- /ɪnˈsɜr.kəld/
- During the game, the players encircled the goal to defend against any attacks.
Examples
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Why does Germany become encircled diplomatically and ultimately in war?
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The garden was beautifully encircled by a white picket fence.
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The Third Polish Army was now encircled and the Poles on the run.
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Rather than wait to be encircled, he attacked and won a brilliant victory over Austrian and Russian forces at the Battle of Zurich.
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Sign an Armistice paper or risk having its entire Expeditionary core encircled and cut off.
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Decimated by disease and starvation and encircled by their enemies.
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It seems that's the Hunnic left was encircled and destroyed.
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With Fiddin's fall, Bulgaria's heartland was virtually encircled by Roman bases.
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The soldiers were encircled by enemy troops and had no way to escape.
Synonyms
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2.7
A person or place with people and things all around
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3.5
Something that is inside and surrounded by other things, like a garden or document
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4.1
A thing with a narrow edge around it made of a different material
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6.3
Unable to do things freely because of limits like walls or rules
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2.5
Round with a hole in the middle
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4.1
A space surrounded on all sides and not open to the outside
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6.3
Feeling trapped by walls or rules that stop you moving
Antonyms
How Surrounded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word encircled comes from the prefix en- meaning 'in' and the word circle, which is a round line. So to be encircled is to be 'in a circle' or 'surrounded on all sides'.