Synonyms for encircle
ɛnˈsɜr kəlen·cir·cle

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1. encircle

   Synonyms:
   surround, environ, inti, hem, circumscribe, compass, embrace, gird, engird, hem in, beset, encompass

   Antonyms:
   disenclose, disencircle, disencompass

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1. encircle, circleverb

   form a circle around

   "encircle the errors"

   Synonyms:
   circulate, gird, circle

2. gird, encircleverb

   bind with something round or circular

   Synonyms:
   build up, fortify, gird, girdle, circle, arm

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1. • Bind

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1. enwheel

   come to us now, o gentle chrystchilde, and walke among us peoples of ye earth; enwheel us round about with thy protecting care; forefend all envious thoughts and evil deeds; toche thou our hearts with the glory of thy love, and quicken us to practices of peace, good-will, and charity meet for thy approval and acceptation. eugene field, a little book of profitable tales, 1894 https://www.wordnik.com/words/enwheel

   Submitted by rinat on October 2, 2019  

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1. encircleverb

   Synonyms:
   surround, encompass, environ, gird, engird, enclose

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1. encircleverb

   Synonyms:
   environ, encompass, surround, gird, circumscribe, enfold

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1. List of paraphrases for "encircle":

   surround, enclose, circle

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How to use encircle in a sentence?

1. Steve Warren:

   Essentially, they encircle the city, almost like a boa constrictor, and they will then squeeze in closer and closer into that city until eventually they are able to finally clear it, as we saw in Ramadi.

2. Steve Warren:

   The fight for Fallujah is ongoing. Right now the Iraqi Security Forces are approaching Fallujah from three directions, essentially, they encircle the city, almost like a boa constrictor, and they will then squeeze in closer and closer into that city until eventually they are able to finally clear it, as we saw in Ramadi.

3. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Let's block Iran's other aggression in the region, because they're doing everything. They're trying to encircle Israel with a noose of death, they're sending weapons to the Houthis. They're in Iraq. They're in Afghanistan. They're all over the place. In Yemen, of course. Let's bolster those forces to stand up to Iran's aggression in the region, and none is stronger, none is more reliable than Israel.

4. Steve Warren:

   They encircle the city almost like a boa constrictor.

5. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin:

   The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.