What is another word for encircle?
976 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɛnsˈɜːkə͡l], [ ɛnsˈɜːkəl], [ ɛ_n_s_ˈɜː_k_əl]
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Similar words for encircle:
- cincture (noun)
- close in (noun)
- cordon off (noun)
- encircle (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- begird (verb)
- beset (verb)
- besiege (verb)
- border (verb)
- bound (verb)
- circle (verb)
- circumscribe (verb)
- comprise (verb)
- contact (verb)
- define (verb)
- embrace (verb)
- enclose (verb)
- entwine (verb)
- envelop (verb)
- fence (verb)
- hem/hem in (verb)
- include (verb)
- infold (verb)
- lock (verb)
- loop (verb)
- restrict (verb)
- twist (verb)
- wind (verb)
- wrap (verb)
- other synonyms
- beset
- besiege
- bound
- enclose
- entwine
- girt
- include
- other relevant words
- wind
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Encircle:
n.
• cincture (noun) • close in (noun) • cordon off (noun) • encircle (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• begird (verb)- be girding,
- be gird,
- be-girds,
- be-girding,
- be-girt,
- be girded,
- be girt,
- be-gird,
- be-girded,
- be girds.
- gives a bad time,
- jumped on one case,
- gave the business,
- drave the wall,
- giving business,
- be-devils,
- jumping one's case,
- giving one business,
- drave wall,
- fall up on,
- gave one the business,
- jump on case,
- gives business,
- drave up the wall,
- puts squeeze on,
- gives hard time,
- driving up the wall,
- be-set,
- gives the needle,
- give needle,
- be leaguers,
- jumped one's case,
- jump one's case,
- give bad time,
- starting in on,
- jumping ones case,
- be-devilled,
- picks on,
- drove up wall,
- falling on,
- gave the needle,
- gives the business,
- be deviled,
- putting the squeeze on,
- gives bad time,
- be-devilling,
- falling upon,
- started on,
- jumped on one's case,
- gives one the business,
- starting on,
- be setting,
- jumping case,
- jumps on one case,
- falling up on,
- falls upon,
- drives the wall,
- drove wall,
- gave a bad time,
- jumped on ones case,
- putting squeeze on,
- be leaguering,
- fell up on,
- giving the business,
- be-leaguers,
- jumped one case,
- gave one business,
- driving the wall,
- jumps case,
- be devil,
- be-leaguered,
- be sets,
- over running,
- drive wall,
- jumped case,
- jumps on one's case,
- driving wall,
- drove up the wall,
- give one business,
- jumps ones case,
- giving needle,
- jump on ones case,
- jump case,
- drave up wall,
- sur rounded,
- driving up wall,
- be deviling,
- gives needle,
- drive up wall,
- gave bad time,
- be devils,
- over runs,
- giving hard time,
- be devilling,
- over run,
- jumps on case,
- be-leaguering,
- jump ones case,
- drives up the wall,
- giving bad time,
- jumping on one's case,
- giving one the business,
- drives up wall,
- be-setting,
- be leaguered,
- jumped ones case,
- drives wall,
- gave needle,
- give hard time,
- be-devil,
- drive the wall,
- giving a hard time,
- jumping one case,
- be leaguer,
- gave business,
- starts in on,
- be devilled,
- give business,
- over-running,
- jumps one case,
- jumping on one case,
- gives one business,
- falls up on,
- jumping on case,
- giving a bad time,
- jumping on ones case,
- be-deviled,
- be-sets,
- falls on,
- giving the needle,
- drove the wall,
- be-leaguer,
- jump on one case,
- be-deviling,
- gives a hard time,
- jumps one's case,
- sur-rounded,
- jumps on ones case,
- gave a hard time,
- jumped on case,
- starts on,
- gave hard time,
- started in on,
- jump one case,
- puts the squeeze on.
- be-sieging,
- be-sieges,
- come from all sides,
- shuts in,
- be-siege,
- came from all sides,
- came at from all sides,
- be sieges,
- be-sieged,
- comes at from sides,
- come at from sides,
- comes from sides,
- comes from all sides,
- come from sides,
- works over,
- coming from all sides,
- in-vesting,
- shutting in,
- coming at from all sides,
- laying siege to,
- in-vest,
- be sieging,
- in vested,
- be siege,
- laid siege to,
- wrought on,
- coming from sides,
- in-vested,
- works on,
- wrought over,
- lays siege to,
- in-vests,
- came at from sides,
- in vesting,
- came from sides,
- coming at from sides,
- in vests,
- in vest,
- comes at from all sides,
- be sieged.
- marks off,
- being adjacent to,
- wast adjacent to,
- out lining,
- out-lines,
- out lined,
- wert adjacent to,
- is adjacent to,
- de lineated,
- out lines,
- sets off,
- out line,
- de-lineated,
- out-lined,
- are adjacent to,
- out-line,
- out-lining,
- de-lineate,
- were adjacent to,
- de lineate,
- was adjacent to,
- art adjacent to,
- am adjacent to.
- de limits,
- de-limit,
- de-limiting,
- de-limited,
- re-straining,
- de limiting,
- marks out,
- re strained,
- re-strain,
- marked out,
- re-strains,
- re-strained,
- re strain,
- de limit,
- re straining,
- re strains,
- de-limits,
- de limited.
- enspheres,
- circumducted,
- milling around,
- winded about,
- circumducting,
- mills around,
- cincturing,
- winds about,
- circumducts,
- wound about,
- winding about,
- ensphering.
- are contained in,
- being composed of,
- am contained in,
- art contained in,
- in-corporates,
- in corporates,
- were composed of,
- are composed of,
- in-corporate,
- art composed of,
- were contained in,
- in corporate,
- was composed of,
- being contained in,
- wert composed of,
- wast composed of,
- is contained in,
- am composed of,
- wast contained in,
- was contained in,
- wert contained in.
- de fining,
- de fine,
- stakes out,
- walled in,
- de-fines,
- walls in,
- fencing in,
- walling in,
- sets bounds to,
- de-fine,
- fences in,
- de fines,
- de fined,
- de-fined,
- setting bounds to,
- de-fining,
- staked out.
- bear hugging,
- taking arms,
- takes arms,
- taking in arms,
- bear hugged,
- took arms,
- took in arms,
- takes in arms.
- inter plait,
- inter lacing,
- inter plaits,
- inter weave,
- inter twines,
- inter-weave,
- inter-wove,
- inter weaves,
- inter-laced,
- inter plaiting,
- inter laces,
- inter-plait,
- inter-lacing,
- inter plaited,
- inter-laces,
- inter woven,
- inter twining,
- inter weaving,
- interplaits,
- inter-twining,
- inter-plaited,
- inter-plaiting,
- inter-lace,
- inter-plaits,
- inter laced,
- interplaiting,
- inter-weaved,
- inter twine,
- inter wove,
- inter-weaves,
- inter-weaving,
- inter lace,
- inter-twine,
- interplaited,
- inter weaved,
- inter-twines.
- over-laying,
- super-imposes,
- super-imposing,
- over lays,
- super-impose,
- over laying,
- over laid,
- over-lays,
- super imposing,
- super imposed,
- over-spreading,
- super imposes,
- super impose,
- over spreading,
- over spreads,
- over lay,
- over-spreads,
- over-lay,
- over-laid,
- over-spread.
- being made up of,
- made allowance for,
- wert made up of,
- numbering among,
- builded in,
- wast made of,
- wert made of,
- being made of,
- built in,
- art made up of,
- cut on,
- was made up of,
- is made up of,
- cutting on,
- was made of,
- works in,
- cuts on,
- take in to account,
- makes room for,
- were made up of,
- takes into account,
- allows for,
- intro duce,
- is made of,
- makes allowance for,
- intro-duces,
- numbered among,
- cutting in on,
- intro-duce,
- working in,
- wast made up of,
- were made of,
- am made up of,
- teemed with,
- cuts in on,
- intro duces,
- making room for,
- allowed for,
- numbers among,
- art made of,
- made room for,
- wrought in,
- am made of,
- teems with.
- turns the key,
- turning the key,
- turns key,
- turned the key,
- buttons up,
- turning key,
- turn key,
- buttoning up,
- turned key.
- wound around,
- winded around,
- winds around,
- curving around,
- Arcking,
- ties together,
- curved around,
- Arcked,
- curves around.
- de creases,
- demarking,
- in closing,
- keeps within bounds,
- de-creases,
- kept within bounds,
- hanging up,
- de-mark,
- keeping within bounds,
- re strict,
- putting on ice,
- de crease,
- putting ice,
- re-duces,
- in-close,
- in-closing,
- demarks,
- put ice,
- re duce,
- in closed,
- de-marked,
- cools down,
- de-marking,
- de-marks,
- de-creased,
- in closes,
- holds down,
- keeping within limits,
- puts ice,
- holding down,
- de marks,
- pinned down,
- in close,
- in-closed,
- de creased,
- in-closes,
- de marking,
- kept within limits,
- de-creasing,
- puts on ice,
- re-strict,
- de-crease,
- de marked,
- sending up,
- demarked,
- hanged up,
- de mark,
- re duces,
- re-duce,
- keeps within limits,
- de creasing.
Other synonyms:
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- enfold,
- kettle,
- rope off,
- box off,
- wrap round,
- circumvent.
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- skirt.
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- fringe.
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- band.
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- line.
- rung,
- start on,
- fall upon,
- encircled,
- nag,
- put squeeze on,
- Infesting,
- give one the business,
- start in on,
- ridden,
- over-run,
- fall on,
- pick on,
- fell on,
- be set,
- over-runs,
- give a bad time,
- infests,
- jump on one's case,
- give the business,
- put the squeeze on,
- Girdling,
- drive up the wall,
- give the needle,
- fell upon,
- Girdled,
- give a hard time.
- shut in,
- come at from all sides,
- working over,
- work over,
- work on,
- blockading,
- worked over,
- blockaded,
- working on,
- lay siege to,
- worked on.
- encase,
- set apart,
- box up,
- block off,
- close in,
- fenced off,
- lock up,
- setting apart,
- locked in,
- closed in,
- enshrouded,
- Mure,
- Mures,
- locked up,
- encasing,
- closing in,
- locking up,
- mew,
- fence off,
- interned,
- locking in,
- lock in,
- encases,
- interning,
- locks up,
- enclosed,
- sets apart.
- plait,
- Wreathen,
- corkscrew,
- interplait,
- intertwines,
- corkscrewing,
- corkscrewed,
- inter-woven,
- enmeshed,
- corkscrews,
- Wreathing,
- wreathed,
- wreathes,
- inter-twined.
- girt.
- building in,
- interject,
- cut in on,
- build in,
- teem with,
- worked in,
- be made of,
- make room for,
- making allowance for,
- builds in,
- be made up of,
- work in,
- teeming with,
- number among,
- allowing for,
- make allowance for,
- allow for.
- inclose,
- Zigzagged,
- Inclosing,
- fence in,
- Flanked,
- tie together,
- neighbor,
- overspreading,
- rimmed,
- wrap,
- twine,
- encompass,
- is composed of,
- contouring,
- hang up,
- Spanned,
- setting off,
- in fold,
- lock,
- Circumduct,
- packaged,
- be adjacent to,
- milled around,
- revolved,
- mill around,
- twist,
- ricks,
- stake out,
- take in arms,
- envelop,
- rounding,
- Shrouded,
- super-imposed,
- circle,
- send up,
- keep within limits,
- loop,
- take arms,
- sheathe,
- subsumed,
- rail,
- spiralled,
- circuiting,
- framing,
- Spraining,
- fenced in,
- held down,
- Flanking,
- cooling down,
- pins down,
- buttoned,
- gift-wrapping,
- ensphered,
- Ensphere,
- set bounds to,
- fencing,
- spiraled,
- wind about,
- beset,
- Walling,
- button up,
- marked off,
- be contained in,
- overspread,
- fence,
- wind around,
- gift-wrapped,
- walled,
- set off,
- cooled down,
- gift-wrap,
- Zigzagging,
- embrace,
- bound,
- engulf,
- curve around,
- cool down,
- revolve,
- mark off,
- ricked,
- overspreads,
- hedge in,
- wheeled,
- restrict,
- keep within bounds,
- spiraling,
- sends up,
- enclose,
- Rimming,
- embodies,
- Railed,
- shrouding,
- Inclosed,
- winding around,
- pinning down,
- gyring,
- put on ice,
- zigzags,
- wrap around,
- staking out,
- marking off,
- margining,
- wall in,
- turning around,
- buttoned up,
- demark,
- turned around,
- sent up,
- bundling up,
- Cinctured,
- rick,
- packaging,
- circumscribe,
- begird,
- besiege,
- hold down,
- be composed of,
- circuited,
- over spread,
- comprise,
- define,
- Buttoning,
- Fringing,
- incloses,
- include,
- pin down,
- Margined,
- bundle up,
- tying together,
- enwrap,
- gyred,
- hem in,
- wind,
- ricking,
- turn around,
- roll up,
- arcing,
- Sided,
- spiralling,
- Infold,
- Prelimit,
- trammel,
- tied together,
- hedged in,
- border,
- turn the key.
- cherish,
- stable,
- weave,
- crown,
- reckon among,
- Engird,
- reverberate,
- obscure,
- immure,
- sensible,
- Chou Dynasty,
- aware,
- conceal,
- gyre,
- assimilate,
- dodge,
- envisage,
- fill out,
- solicitous,
- quarantine,
- complete,
- careful,
- be around,
- coop up,
- escape,
- jail,
- zone,
- most,
- embody,
- call up,
- brush up,
- reckon in,
- assail,
- belt,
- inclosure,
- bandage,
- screen,
- assault,
- house,
- hold in,
- pen in,
- around,
- reckon with,
- heedful,
- sensitive,
- abut,
- curl,
- circumambulate,
- entwine,
- swathe,
- resound,
- pocket,
- roughly,
- disguise,
- count,
- arm,
- lash out,
- chamber,
- fortify,
- go about,
- hug,
- mask,
- go round,
- receive,
- cycle,
- coil,
- garland,
- observant,
- evade,
- circummigrate,
- fill,
- pen,
- courteous,
- kennel,
- gaol,
- round down,
- respectful,
- orbit,
- discreet,
- mindful,
- mantle,
- shrine,
- count in,
- shut up,
- call,
- Leaguer,
- sphere,
- smother,
- interweave,
- adjoin,
- spiral,
- convolve,
- soften up,
- round out,
- hide,
- assiduous,
- yard,
- festoon,
- muffle,
- wheel,
- flank,
- secluded,
- incarcerate,
- enclosure,
- intertwine,
- frame in,
- lie around,
- circumlocution,
- studious,
- love,
- delimit,
- close the circle,
- week,
- diligent,
- duck,
- harass,
- overwhelm,
- spread,
- take into consideration,
- harry,
- suffocate,
- veil,
- approximately,
- coterie,
- circulate,
- admit,
- round off,
- pensive,
- Circuiteer,
- wreath,
- circumnavigate,
- goround,
- decorate,
- cordon off,
- occupy,
- cloak,
- elude,
- almost,
- circumference,
- polish up,
- separate,
- tour,
- encircling,
- adopt,
- shroud,
- enshrine,
- comprehend,
- Encincture,
- watchful,
- hoops,
- thoughtful,
- incorporate,
- sidestep,
- subsume,
- box in,
- full circle,
- attentive,
- take into account,
- attack,
- cloistered,
- siege,
- turn,
- braid,
- blockade,
- coop in,
- butt,
- accept,
- beleaguer,
- flesh out,
- rail in,
- echo,
- bottle up,
- considerate,
- protect,
- coop,
- quench,
- clothe,
- build up,
- bind,
- lap,
- belt in.
How to use "Encircle" in context?
In modern society, the term "encircle" is most commonly associated with the process of trapping a perpetrator within a circle of law enforcement personnel. Encirclement generally refers to the act of trapping a suspect within a physical barrier, such as a crime scene perimeter.
The concept of encirclement dates back to ancient battle tactics. By forming a physical barrier around their troops, ancient armies could prevent their enemies from fleeing and regrouping.
Today, the principle of encirclement is still used in law enforcement. By trapping a suspect within a physical barrier, investigators can slow down or even stop the perpetrator's escape.
Paraphrases for Encircle:
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Forward Entailment
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Verb, base form
circle.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
enclose.
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Verb, base form
enclose.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
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Other Related
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
surround.
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Verb, base form
surround.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Hyponym for Encircle:
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evidente
- Synonyms:
- Cartulary.
