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View definitions for surrounded

surrounded

adjective as in encircled

Strongest match

Weak match

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They are made in a social setting, surrounded by lots of other people with various ways to resist bad decisions.

The inauguration had to be held in the fortified Kremlin, surrounded by an eerily quiet city.

Another picture showed him surrounded by a dozen or so fighters—some masked and others laughing.

At the end of the hearing Gruber walked out silently, surrounded by cameras and accompanied by his lawyer.

Especially not when the display in question includes an angel falling from the sky in flames, surrounded by Biblical verses.

Each is surrounded by a gelatinous capsule, which is its distinctive feature (Fig. 9).

His little band was almost immediately surrounded by the enemy.

The great park which surrounded it was one of the most celebrated in all England, celebrated alike for its size and its beauty.

The churchyard was partly surrounded by houses, and in 1781 "iron pallisadoes" were affixed to the wall.

Isabel's imagination dilated him into a disembodied intellect surrounded by mere statues of human flesh.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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