intrench

[in-trench]

verb (used with or without object)

1. entrench.

intrench

/ ɪnˈtrɛntʃ /

verb

1. a less common spelling of entrench

Other Word Forms

• reintrench verb
• unintrenched adjective
• intrencher noun
• intrenchment noun

Example Sentences

“We face a generational catastrophe that would undermine decades of progress and exacerbate intrenched inequalities,” he said, warning of “deeply concerning” knock-on effects on child nutrition, child marriage and gender equality.

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“This is a good example of a larger issue of how intrenched bureaucracies have an inclination to resist changes or issues they are uncomfortable with,” he said.

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“Somehow this low-fat milk has become so intrenched in the nutritional psyche, it persists despite the absence of evidence,” he says.

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Now, of all matters under the sun the weather was the deepest intrenched in superstition and hearsay.

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The second blow was the loss of hospital stores, intrenching tools, army baggage, private papers, &c.

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Related Words

• transgress 
• violate