verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The city is nearly encircled by rebel troops.
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The photo showed the captive sitting down, encircled by several armed men.
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Troops encircled the city and began firing rockets at the government buildings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because these constructs are highly correlated they may also be encircled as a way of indicating this clustering.
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Even the doorbell was wrong, a black button encircled by a tarnished yellow metal.
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He said that up to 1,000 guerrillas were trying to rout or encircle government posts to force defenders to flee.
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His pate was bald, encircled by a monk-like fringe of hair.
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In some instances, delegates were driven outside where they were encircled and shot by the police and an aroused white citizenry.
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The men encircled the hapless animals, beating and clubbing them, forcing them forward up the ramp.