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List of antonyms from "encirclement" to antonyms from "encountered"


Discover our 195 antonyms available for the terms "encompassed by, enclose, enclosure, encompasses, enclave" and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the antonyms associated with it.

Definition of the day : « encompassed »

  • verb surround, circumscribe
  • verb include, contain
Example sentences :
  • All the afternoon they wandered about, until black night encompassed them.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • There was a wedge-shaped garden in front, and it was encompassed by chestnut-trees.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • I felt I ought to marry her at once to shield her from the dangers that encompassed her.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • They have encompassed them with gardens, and filled them with fountains.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • The top rises in a cone, or pyramid of stone, encompassed by battlements.
  • Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
  • The smiles that encompassed him seemed to him like mere grimacing.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
  • I was like a man in a dream, encompassed by invisible obstacles.
  • Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
  • From the cradle to the grave we are encompassed by the trust.
  • Extract from : « The Common Sense of Socialism » by John Spargo
  • Henceforth flight was impossible; the Indians had encompassed the island.
  • Extract from : « Wood Rangers » by Mayne Reid
  • Women were appointed by Augustus to sit in the portico, which encompassed the whole.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy