WALLED Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

walled

verb

past tense of wall

as in surrounded

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as in preserved

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Today, the pyramid is surrounded by parks, leafy streets and upscale apartment buildings in the districts of Miraflores and San Isidro.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
In the building’s atrium, the floor is filled with bunk beds that are surrounded by private rooms of varied size that can accommodate four to eight people.

— Trevor Morgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrounded

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His ancestors moved there in the 1850's, and their photos and other archives are preserved inside the Roseville Historical Society museum.

— James Taylor, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The previous owners’ blue kitchen would have to go, but Appleton and Rafter preserved the island’s stone top, the window shutters, and the black Aga stove—a staple of an English country house.

— Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026

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In the course of the film, Hargitay reevaluates her mom, forming a fuller picture of how Mansfield’s career choices were circumscribed by the egregious sexism of the 1950s and ‘60s.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Representatives from hostile states like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are circumscribed in their movements, typically limited to a small radius around their official posts—an embassy, a consulate, a permanent mission to the UN.

— Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of circumscribed

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With funding from the Dia Art Foundation, Judd purchased them in 1979 and began his own restoration, replacing the garage doors that enclosed the buildings’ two long sides with a series of continuous windows.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Archimedes’ screw Traditionally associated with Archimedes and dated to around the third century BCE, this machine moves water through a rotating helical surface enclosed inside a cylinder.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

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In Freeport, Allen has built the Bahamas Maritime Museum, where relics are cataloged, conserved, and displayed, creating local jobs and drawing tourists.

— Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
Hibernation on demand Hibernation is a specialty of squirrels, hamsters, and bears, but the neural circuit that triggers it is conserved across mammals, and is present in species that never hibernate in the wild—like mice.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of conserved

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Xavier, who is 13, and Cyprus and Jasper, who are both 9 years of age, traveled more than 2,500 miles to San Diego from Marineland, an animal theme park and aquarium in Niagara Falls, which closed in 2024.

— Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
The franchise was canceled after a 2006 Texas operation in which Rockwall County assistant district attorney Louis Conradt died by suicide as authorities and the show’s crew closed in on his home.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of closed in

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In 1951, Western Auto bought the building and invested more $300,000 in renovations and additions, including a new 30-ton, 70-by-73-foot sign displaying its name in massive red letters encircled by an arrow.

— Rashad Alexander August 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026
The pendant, which is encircled by diamonds, also includes a heart between the initials.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026

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