Flanked
Surrounded and flanked are semantically related. in limited topic. In some cases you can use "Surrounded" instead the word "Flanked" as an adjective or a verb.
Surrounded
Surrounded adjective - Confined on all sides.
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Synonyms for Surrounded
Flanked and surrounded are semantically related. You can use "Flanked" instead the word "Surrounded" as an adjective or a verb.
Nearby Words: surround, surrounding
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Related pairs
- border and flanked
- border and surrounded
- surround and flanked
- surround and surrounded
- skirt and flanked
- skirt and surrounded
- enclosed and flanked
- enclosed and surrounded
- encircled and flanked
- encircled and surrounded
- ringed and flanked
- ringed and surrounded
- bordered and flanked
- bordered and surrounded
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So powerful that if you placed him at a choke point (so he couldn't be flanked or surrounded) he could take out whole units on his own.
Source: One Man Army / Video Games - Units could thus be flanked or surrounded.
Source: Broken Base / Tabletop Games - Everyone comes in to find Pope wearing a bizarre battle suit surrounded with black flames and flanked by his demonic frog minions.
Source: Board to Death
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