Synonyms for surrounded
sur·round·ed

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1. surrounded, encircledadjective

   confined on all sides

   "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers"

   Synonyms:
   encircled

   Antonyms:
   unenclosed

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1. List of paraphrases for "surrounded":

   encircled, besieged, bordered, enclosed, cordoned, identified, girded

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How to use surrounded in a sentence?

1. West Midlands firefighter:

   The views were lost... you were surrounded by beautiful mountains, and [ it ] was just a disaster zone.

2. Amanda Hayhurst:

   God has really carried us through it and he's surrounded us with a great community.

3. Charlie Vallejo:

   ( He was) surrounded by machines and no human contact so I think that kind of broke him.

4. Kelly Osbourne:

   There's been so much drama surrounded by what went on at Fashion Police that I have chosen to keep quiet about, but I will say this: Giuliana is not often wrong. She really isn't, but it's been really, really heartbreaking to see her behavior that has transpired when she did get caught being wrong. That's what broke my heart.

5. Norma Capuyan:

   Loud bursts of gunfire erupted, there was heavy volume of fire. We ran to a church compound and the police surrounded us.