Antonyms for surrounding
səˈraʊn dɪŋsur·round·ing

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1. encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferentadjective

   closely encircling

   "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"

   Antonyms:
   distant

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1. surroundingadjective

   Synonyms:
   circumambient, encompassing, encircling ambient, enveloping

How to use surrounding in a sentence?

1. Keith Salisbury:

   The process in general is a bunch of chat windows open on a computer screen — about 20 or more — and then a bunch of people start looking into systems to find out, ‘ Where is that target ? What are the surrounding facilities ? Are there schools ? Are there hospitals ? Are there civilian populations ? What munition would be appropriate ? Do we engage or not ? By using technology developed by private companies, The Air Force says it saved time and manpower, and even saved nearly a million dollars of fuel per week. ( REUTERS) As part of a Defense Innovation Advisory Board, leaders from technology companies like Pivotal Software went to the Combined Air Operations Center( CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to see how they could help. What they encountered was startling. They saw lots of whiteboards.

2. Gilad Itach:

   The structure exposed in this excavation is different from most of the previously discovered farmsteads, its orderly plan, vast area, strong walls and the impressive water reservoir hewn beneath it suggest that the site was administrative in nature and it may well have controlled the surrounding farmsteads.

3. Mark Kelton:

   With the daily incursions into the air identification zone surrounding Taiwan, Xi is clearly signaling and testing Western resolve.

4. Martin Walsh:

   I hope this verdict provides a small amount of closure to the survivors, families, and all impacted by the violent and tragic events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon, we will forever remember and honor those who lost their lives and were affected by those senseless acts of violence on our city.

5. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel:

   An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

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