Synonyms for fencing
ˈfɛn sɪŋfenc·ing

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1. fence, fencingnoun

   a barrier that serves to enclose an area

   Synonyms:
   fence, fencing material

2. fencing material, fencingnoun

   material for building fences

   Synonyms:
   fence, fencing material

3. fencingnoun

   the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)

   Synonyms:
   fence, fencing material

Matched Categories

1. • Barrier
   • Building Material
   • Fight
   • Play

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1. fencingnoun

   Synonyms:
   manual defence (with small swords or foils)

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1. fencingnoun

   Synonyms:
   swordsmanship, gladiature, swordplay, gladiatorism

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1. List of paraphrases for "fencing":

   fences, fence, swordsman, closing, closure

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How to use fencing in a sentence?

1. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann:

   We are not fencing Austria in, this is not about a border barrier of several kilometers.

2. Lyon County Sheriff Al McNeil:

   I've had public safety concerns over the years because there is no fencing to keep them on the property, they break into my citizens' homes and steal keys and steal cars. My community is at its wits end right now.

3. Iain Stealey:

   We're very impressed with how Europe is recovering. We've been even more impressed with how it's reacted to Greece, the ECB have done a very good job of ring-fencing Greece. We're pretty happy with those assets and it feels a bit better this morning.

4. Zayon Martinez:

   I talked to my son and daughter, and Zayon Martinez said that they were afraid that if The Uvalde school district happened again, they weren't going to be protected, there's no fencing at the junior high where my daughter would be going. There's no way that I'm gon na convince her to go when there's no fencing.

5. Alexander Massialas:

   Across the board, this is one of the strongest American fencing teams -- if not the strongest -- in modern history.