CIRCUMNAVIGATED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

circumnavigated

verb

Definition of circumnavigated next

past tense of circumnavigate

as in circled

to travel completely around the first ship to circumnavigate the globe

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Relevance

as in bypassed

to avoid by going around we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit

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Police fanned out downtown, launching a massive search for the gunman behind the double homicide while a helicopter circled overhead, broadcasting the suspect’s description.

Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
The heat hit hard and the men and the boys, who had been on foot for months, blended in with scrub brush and cactus, keeping an eye on the cartel gunmen camped on a ridge beneath a blue sky where vultures circled.

Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

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“Circumnavigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumnavigated. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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