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   Sur·round

   /səˈround/

   

   verb

   • 1. be all around (someone or something): "the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens"
   • ▪ (of troops, police, etc.) encircle (someone or something) so as to cut off communication or escape: "troops surrounded the parliament building"
   • ▪ be associated with: "the killings were surrounded by controversy"

   noun

   • 1. a thing that forms a border or edging around an object: "an oak fireplace surround"
   • ▪ the area encircling something; surroundings: "the beautiful surrounds of Moosehead Lake"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘overflow’): from Old French souronder, from late Latin superundare, from super- ‘over’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’); later associated with round. Current senses of the noun date from the late 19th century.

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   Synonyms for SURROUNDED: encircled, circled, encompassed, ringed, embraced, enclosed, inclosed, besieged, wreathed, girdled.

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   Find 10 different ways to say SURROUNDED, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

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   Find 1,480 synonyms for surrounded and other similar words that you can use instead based on 23 separate contexts from our thesaurus.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of surrounded in English. surrounded. adjective. These are words and phrases related to surrounded. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. BOUNDED. Synonyms. bounded. limited. enclosed. circumscribed. compassed. encompassed. encircled. fenced. belted. rimmed. bordered. girdled. hedged. restricted. ringed.

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   ring. v. Another way to say Surrounded? Synonyms for Surrounded (other words and phrases for Surrounded).

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   Synonyms for SURROUNDED: beleaguered, besieged, blockaded, encompassed, beset, encircled, assailed, hemmed in, hedged in, environed, …

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   Synonyms for SURROUNDED: encircled, girdled, encompassed, hemmed-in, fenced-in, hedged in, circled about, girded, enclosed, fenced about; Antonyms for SURROUNDED: free, unfenced, agape, released, deserted, freed, abandoned.

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    open up, exposeCollocations. Sense: Verb: take a position on all sides. Synonyms: circleCollocations, encircle, hem in, house in, close in on, pen in, wall in, fence in, shut in, encloseCollocations, close around, go around. Antonyms:

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    Being surrounded is one way of being trapped, but it's a trap caused by other people. On TV shows, you'll often hear police officers say to a criminal: "Come out with your hands up. You're surrounded!"