"encircled" in the verb sense
1. encircle, circle
form or draw a circle around
"encircle the errors"
2. gird, encircle
bind with something round or circular
"encircled" in the adjective sense
1. surrounded, encircled
confined on all sides
"a camp surrounded by enemies"
"the encircled pioneers"
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