Range and Surroundings

Range

Range noun - The place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found.

Usage example: the American robin's winter range has steadily extended farther and farther north

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Surroundings and range are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surroundings" instead a noun "Range".

Nearby Words: ranged, rangy, ranging

Surroundings noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Range and surroundings are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Range" instead a noun "Surroundings".

high	high range	high surroundings
better	better range	better surroundings
normal	normal range	normal surroundings
sheer	sheer range	sheer surroundings
Other adjectives: actual, entire, enormous, new, larger.

However, in fictionland they can frequently be thrown at any enemy, regardless of range or surroundings, without fear of injury to oneself or one's allies.

Source: Throw Down the Bomblet
They may cause damage to their inanimate surroundings, but usually the worst a victim within the blast range suffers is Clothing Damage and Ash Face, both of which are usually healed by the next scene.

Source: Cartoon Bomb
Enemies have no compunctions ganging up on you, laying ambushes, and taking advantage of their surroundings to hole up in hard-to-reach places and pelt you with ranged attacks while you're trying to deal with enemies at close range.

Source: Mook Chivalry

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