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encircle
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1 to travel completely around communication satellites encircling the earth Synonyms circle, circuit, circumnavigate, circumvent, compass, girdle, orbit, ring, round Related Words circumambulate, cross, perambulate, traverse
2 to form a circle around immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends Synonyms circle, compass, embrace, surround, enclose (also inclose), encompass, environ, gird, girdle, ring, wreatheRelated Words circumscribe, close in, cordon (off), fence (in), hem (in), wall; beset, besiege, entrench (also intrench), invest, swarm
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