on all sides
- surroundingEnclosing on all sides
- encircledSurrounded on all sides
- encompassedIncluded within bounds
- hemmed inEnclosed with no escape
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
besieged · flanked · ringed · wrapped · engulfed · everywhere · all around · 360 · perimeter · circumference · siege · trapped · cornered · boxed in · swarmed · overwhelmed · closing in · circled
directionality
on all sidesunilaterally
By one party alone
one-sidedly · narrowly · from behind · in front · to the rear