encircle

The army encircled the airport.

the town is encircled by fortified walls.

a slim gold band encircled her wrist.

The army was mobilized and encircled the airport.

A band of grey hair encircled his bald dome.

A band of gray hair encircled his bald dome.

Strong fingers encircled her tiny wrists.

We should encircle the enemy forces completely and let none escape from the net.

Usually, these enclosed stone or timber structures, though sometimes they encircled settlements.

Thousands of soldiers and civilians had been encircled in Deir el-Zour since 2014.

The unreasonable nimbus of romance with which she had encircled that man might be her misery.

It was instead the Germans who found themselves in danger of being completely encircled at Falaise.

The Arctic forest-regions are of still greater extent than the vast treeless plains which they encircle.

It's taking districts and border crossings while encircling provincial capitals.

Chains encircled the arms of it, as though its occupants were usually tied to it.

The British expeditionary force, the Belgium army and French armour force are encircled.

Erdogan claimed today that Turkish troops have encircled the city of Afrin and are closing in on the Kurds.

Charlotte crouched unseen, her front legs encircling her egg sac.