OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 24108

encircle

/ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
circuir • circundar
To surround, form a circle around.
"Friday!" she called out, bursting open the doors and quickly encircling her friend in the warmth of her arms.
[…]two Russian armies would advance into East Prussia, one westward from the Niemen, the other northward from the Narew, with the object of encircling and immobilizing all enemy fo…