Bound
Bound adjective - Fully committed to achieving a goal.
Surrounded and bound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surrounded" instead an adjective "Bound".
Surrounded
Surrounded adjective - Confined on all sides.
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Synonyms for Surrounded
Bound and surrounded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bound" instead the word "Surrounded" as an adjective or a verb.
Nearby Words: surround, surrounding
Both words in one sentence
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In Automata humanity is bound to a small number of walled cities, surrounded by slums where trespassers are shot on sight, and surrounded by radiation induced desertification.
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Surrounded by Idiots: The Evil Overlords of Filmation's 1980s series invariably surrounded themselves with muscle-bound, moronic minions.
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Unusually; within seconds Emp is bound, blindfolded, and surrounded by far too many levitating sharp objects as a grief-maddened mage demands to be gloated at.
Source: Have You Come to Gloat?
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