intrench
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Admiral Sampson, who was anxious to strike a decisive blow before the enemy should have time to concentrate and intrench, then telegraphed Secretary Long as follows: Mole, Haiti, June 7, 1898.
From Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan
Ah, word of no meaning, behind whose vast latitude of mere sound we intrench our ignorance of so much of the spiritual!
From The Best Psychic Stories by Various
Our adversaries, with their usual contempt for their enemies, have omitted to intrench themselves or fortify their position.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
Failure to support his troops and to intrench lost him all he had gained, and he returned to his intrenchments at Bermuda Hundreds.
From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas) Wilson
Fearful of being attacked before they could intrench, they immediately set to work with their axes to throw together a brushwood fence, while thirty soldiers were stationed in front toward the river, to repel assault.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Joel Tyler Headley
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