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encircling

adjetivo C2
  1. enclosing, skirting · She felt safe in her mother's encircling arms.
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His first movement was to free himself by a violent push from the encircling arms of his mother, and to rush forward to the casket from whence the count had taken the phial of elixir; then, without asking permission of anyone, he proceeded, in all the wilfulness of a spoiled child unaccustomed to restrain either whims or caprices, to pull the corks out of all the bottles.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 496 · C1
At length he saw a dark mass, against which it seemed as if the carriage was about to dash; but the vehicle turned to one side, leaving the barrier behind and Danglars saw that it was one of the ramparts encircling Rome.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1070 · C1

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