Antonyms for intrench
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : in-trench |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtrɛntʃ |
Definition of intrench
- As in overstep : verb infringe
- Finally they were ordered to intrench where they were for the night.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- It was determined to make a fight here before the enemy could intrench.
- Extract from : « Recollections of the Civil War » by Charles A. Dana
- Let him go and intrench himself within the walls of Palmyra.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 1, July 1837 » by Various
- Here the Yankees will intrench themselves, and cannot be dislodged.
- Extract from : « A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital » by John Beauchamp Jones
- He must continue to be the shield behind which we intrench ourselves.
- Extract from : « Frederick The Great and His Family » by L. Muhlbach
- In this advance, we first learned how an army should intrench itself.
- Extract from : « Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field » by Thomas W. Knox
- Meanwhile, for the winter we intrench ourselves along the Aisne.
- Extract from : « Somewhere in France » by Richard Harding Davis
- He was to get as near the enemy as possible during the day and intrench himself so as to hold his position until the next morning.
- Extract from : « Campfire and Battlefield » by Rossiter Johnson
- We hear that three armies are going to get into line, intrench and rest, and then start afresh our victorious march on Paris.
- Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell
- Or, again, fears are entertained of tracing secondary causes too far, so as to intrench on the supremacy of the First Cause.
- Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson
Synonyms for intrench
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