circumscribeverb
uk/ˈsɜː.kəm.skraɪb/us/ˈsɝː.kəm.skraɪb/[ T often passive ] formal to limit something:
Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect.
There followed a series of tightly circumscribed visits to military installations.
[ T ] specialized mathematics If you circumscribe a triangle, square, etc., you draw a circle that surrounds it and touches each of its corners.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- clip
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- delimitation
- hamstring
- hedge
- infringe
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- restrain
- stabilizer
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing