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surround

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a. a method of capturing wild beasts by encircling the area in which they are believed to be

b. the area so encircled

surround

A decorative element or structure around a doorway, fireplace, or window; for example, see arch surround, banded surround, door surround, fireplace surround, Gibbs surround, window surround.

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No references found			It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two. The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context If Kutuzov decided to remain at Krems, Napoleon's army of one hundred and fifty thousand men would cut him off completely and surround his exhausted army of forty thousand, and he would find himself in the position of Mack at Ulm. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Animated with these succours, he marched out of his trenches to enter those of the Portuguese, who received him with the utmost bravery, destroyed prodigious numbers of his men, and made many sallies with great vigour, but losing every day some of their small troops, and most of their officers being killed, it was easy to surround and force them. A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context			Surname suroet Surovikino Surozh, Sea of Surozhites surplus Surplus Appropriation System Surplus Labor Surplus Product Surplus Value surprint Surprise Surprise Cove State Marine Park Surra Surratt Society Surratt, Mary Eugenia Surrealism surrender Surrey Surrey, Henry Howard, earl Surrey, Henry Howard, earl of surrogate surrogate key surrogate mother surrogate motherhood surround surround curtain surround sound Surry County sursassite Sursk Surskoe surtax Surtees Surtees, Robert Smith Surtsey Suruga survalence surveillance surveillance approach surveillance radar surveillance satellite Survey survey design survey foot survey instrument survey meter Survey Ship survey station survey traverse Survey, Comprehensive			surrogate partner Surrogate pregnancy Surrogate pregnancy Surrogate pregnancy Surrogate pregnancy Surrogate Syndrome Surrogate System Design Description Document Surrogate System Implementation Plan Surrogate System Software Requirements Document surrogate test surrogate test surrogate test surrogate test surrogate test Surrogate Threat Air Defense Laser System Surrogate Threat Visible Laser System surrogated surrogated surrogated surrogated surrogates surrogates surrogates surrogates Surrogateship surrogating surrogating surrogating surrogating Surrogation surround Surround audio Surround audio surround curtain Surround inhibition Surround music Surround music Surround Screen Virtual Reality Surround sound Surround sound Surround sound Surround sound Surround sound music Surround sound music Surround Sound Processor Surround Sound System Surround Source Code Management surround with Surround-Screen Projection-Based Virtual Reality surrounded surrounded surrounded Surrounded by Idiots surrounding surrounding surrounding surrounding area surrounding cavity wall surrounding cavity wall surrounding cavity wall surrounding cavity wall

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