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• v  extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
• v  envelop completely
• v  surround so as to force to give up
• v  surround with a wall in order to fortify
• s  confined on all sides
  a camp surrounded by enemies

• But others may notice that a less than ennobling odor surrounded the entire affair, and wonder what it is about modern democracy that seems to require living victims.
• Yasser Arafat was still trapped inside his office and surrounded by Israeli tanks and troops.
• In it huddle the crew, surrounded by jampacked instruments and apparatus.

• surround
• environ
• ring
• skirt
• border
• smother
• besiege
• beleaguer
• hem in
• circumvent
• wall
• palisade
• fence
• fence in
• encircled

News & Articles

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• Financing secured for $54M lake development project in Canandaigua
  Questions have surrounded the viability and financing of the project proposed by owner David Genecco. But the financial backers of the project as well as Genecco's spokesman said the project is on good footing and ready to move forward.
  June 22, 2013 - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
• Maxine Brown Rose
  Maxine Brown Rose, 82, passed away Saturday, Dec. 1, surrounded by her husband, daughter and son. Maxine was born Dec. 30, 1929, in Nashville, to Thomas Lipton and Daisy Ophelia Scott Brown. She was a very loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother to her family.
  June 22, 2013 - Benton Courier
• Barricaded suspect surrenders to police in West Oakland
  OAKLAND -- Police surrounded an apartment where a burglary suspect fled Friday morning after stealing two or three laptops and computer-related items from public schools offices in West Oakland.
  June 22, 2013 - Oakland Tribune

Quotes

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• Mohammad Asif in Washington Post
  We were attacked with bombs. Thick smoke surrounded us. We all ran in panic in different directions,said Mohammad Asif, a wounded officer taken to a hospital.
• Eric Schmidt in Reuters
  It's clear to us that we're well positioned for 2008 and beyond, regardless of the business environment that we find ourselves surrounded by,Chairman and Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told investors on a conference call.
• Chris Webber in USA Today
  Joining the Pistons will allow me the opportunity to play the game I love in my hometown of Detroit surrounded by my family,Webber said in a statement Monday.