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encircling

verb , present participle of encircle

Synonyms and Antonyms of encircling

1 to travel completely around

communication satellites encircling the earth

Synonyms of encircling

circling, circuiting, circumnavigating, circumventing, compassing, girdling, orbiting, ringing, rounding

Words Related to encircling

circumambulating, crossing, perambulating, traversing

2 to form a circle around

immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends

Synonyms of encircling

circling, compassing, embracing, enclosing (also inclosing), encompassing, environing, girding, girdling, ringing, surrounding, wreathing

Words Related to encircling

circumscribing, closing in, cordoning (off), fencing (in), hemming (in), walling

besetting, besieging, entrenching (also intrenching), investing, swarming

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