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Antarctic Ocean	the waters surrounding Antarctica where the southern parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans meet.
atmosphere	the gases surrounding the earth or other similar objects in outer space. [1/3 definitions]
bank¹	a pile of something that is higher than the surrounding area. [1/3 definitions]
embed	to set firmly in some surrounding material.
medium	a substance that is a means of passing on a force or an effect. [1/6 definitions]
siege	a military act of surrounding a city or base, attacking it, and cutting off supplies. The goal of a siege is to force the city or fort to surrender.
strangle	to kill by stopping the breathing of, usually by surrounding the neck with something; choke. [1/2 definitions]
sweat	to collect moisture from the surrounding air. [1/5 definitions]
syllable	a unit of speech formed with a single pulse of air pressure. Syllables are made of a single vowel sound with or without surrounding consonants. [1/2 definitions]

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