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Antonyms for entrenchment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : en-trench-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtrɛntʃ mənt |
Definition of entrenchment
Origin :- 1580s, from entrench + -ment.
- As in invasion : noun attack, encroachment
- As in trench : noun ditch, channel dug in earth
- As in trespass : noun invasion, offense
- As in impingement : noun trespass
- As in obtrusion : noun trespass
- As in fortification : noun reinforced position
- Bob Power stood up outside his entrenchment and peered at her.
- Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
- The latter built an entrenchment at their end of the bridge.
- Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
- Albinik and Meroë were first taken to one of the gates of the entrenchment.
- Extract from : « The Brass Bell » by Eugne Sue
- Half the entrenchment was manned by the Highlanders, and the other half by Rifles.
- Extract from : « South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) » by Louis Creswicke
- The new palace is within an entrenchment just outside the city.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 » by Various
- In the last act, Roxane visits the entrenchment at the siege of Arras.
- Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb
- As in the entrenchment stage this was gone about methodically.
- Extract from : « The Battles in Flanders From Ypres to Neuve Chapelle » by Edmund Dane
- In February Hardinge and Gough advanced to storm the entrenchment.
- Extract from : « India Under British Rule » by James Talboys Wheeler
- Two warhorses were brought for them, and they issued forth from their entrenchment.
- Extract from : « The Chronicle of the Norman Conquest » by Master Wace
- Dashingly they attacked his entrenchment, doggedly they continued the fight.
- Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of Cornwall » by C. A. Dawson Scott
Synonyms for entrenchment
- aggression
- arroyo
- assault
- barricade
- barrier
- bastion
- battlement
- block
- blockhouse
- breach
- breastwork
- buffer
- bulwark
- canal
- castle
- citadel
- consolidation
- contravention
- crime
- cut
- defense
- delinquency
- depression
- dike
- drain
- drill
- dugout
- earthwork
- embattlement
- encroachment
- entrenchment
- error
- evildoing
- excavation
- fastness
- fault
- foray
- forced entrance
- fort
- fortress
- fosse
- foxhole
- furrow
- garrison
- gorge
- gulch
- gully
- gutter
- hollow
- impingement
- incursion
- infiltration
- infraction
- infringement
- iniquity
- injury
- inroad
- intrusion
- irruption
- keep
- main
- maraud
- misbehavior
- misconduct
- misdeed
- misdemeanor
- moat
- obtrusion
- offense
- offensive
- onslaught
- outpost
- overstepping
- parapet
- pit
- poaching
- preparation
- presidio
- protection
- raid
- reinforcement
- rut
- sin
- sink
- stockade
- strengthening
- stronghold
- support
- transgression
- trespass
- trough
- tube
- unlawful entry
- usurpation
- violation
- wall
- waterway
- wrongdoing
- wrongful entry
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