entrenchment

[ en-trench-muhnt ]

/ ɛnˈtrɛntʃ mənt /

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noun

the act of entrenching.

an entrenched position.

Usually entrenchments. an earth breastwork or ditch for protection against enemy fire.

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Origin of entrenchment

First recorded in 1580–90; entrench + -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM entrenchment

re·en·trench·ment, noun

Words nearby entrenchment

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How to use entrenchment in a sentence

You end up with a much longer-term impact of entrenchment of these inequalities that have arisen as part of the pandemic.
“Vaccine passports could further erode trust”|Lindsay Muscato|December 22, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Ideological entrenchment in Washington has led us to a completely foreseeable impasse.
Fiscal Cliff a ‘Self-Inflicted Crisis,’ Says John Avlon|John Avlon|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There is nothing hypothetical about the increasing entrenchment of the Israeli presence in the West Bank.
Apartheid Ambiguity|Yousef Munayyer|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
How little did she realize the long drawn-out agony that was even then beginning for her sisters in that ill-fated entrenchment!
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

They carried the intervening entrenchment of the enemy and forced their way into the town.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius
Gerrans Bay, of course, embodies the name, and so do the remains of the entrenchment or camp at Dingerrein.
The Cornwall Coast|Arthur L. Salmon
Tregonning Hill, close by, is somewhat higher, and its summit has a fine entrenchment with a striking inner vallum.
The Cornwall Coast|Arthur L. Salmon
The entrenchment showed like the rim of a saucer, and over its narrow line peeped the summit of the central tree.
The Longest Journey|E. M. Forster

British Dictionary definitions for entrenchment

entrenchment

intrenchment

/ (ɪnˈtrɛntʃmənt) /

noun

the act of entrenching or state of being entrenched

a position protected by trenches

one of a series of deep trenches constructed as a shelter from gunfire

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entrenchment

Origin of entrenchment

OTHER WORDS FROM entrenchment

Words nearby entrenchment

Words related to entrenchment

How to use entrenchment in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for entrenchment

intrenchment