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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | encircling |
| Synonyms: | around, circumambient, circumferential, circumforaneous, enclosing, encompassing, neighboring |
| Main Entry: | about |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | on every side, in every direction |
| Synonyms: | around, encircling, round, surrounding, through, throughout |
| Main Entry: | conditions |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | circumstances, setting, surrounding, surroundings |
| Main Entry: | insulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of insulating |
| Synonyms: | caulking, cording, covering, cushioning, defending, furring, isolating, lining, neutralizing, packing, padding, protecting, surrounding, taping |
| Main Entry: | encompassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | including |
| Synonyms: | ambient, circumferential, encircling, enveloping, surrounding |
| Main Entry: | cincture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | band |
| Synonyms: | belt, collar, encircle, enclosure, girdle, girth, surrounding |
| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie in wait; attack |
| Synonyms: | ambuscade, assail, assault, box in, bushwhack, decoy, dry gulch, ensnare, entrap, hem in, hide, hook*, jap, jump, lay for, lurk, net, set trap, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
| Synonyms: | advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon |
| Antonyms: | depart, distance, go away, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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