What is "entrenchment" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does entrenchment mean in English? Meaning of entrenchment definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "entrenchment" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "entrenchment": an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches

Noun

  • Meaning: an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
  • Synonyms: entrenchment intrenchment
  • Hyponyms: retrenchment
  • Hypernyms: fortification munition
  • Part Holonyms: trench
  • Synonyms:

    barricade, reinforcement, fortress, citadel, wall, defense, fastness, support, bastion, battlement, barrier, buffer, consolidation, protection, outpost, fort, stronghold, parapet, bulwark, keep, preparation, stockade, castle, garrison, block, earthwork, strengthening, blockhouse, presidio, breastwork, embattlement, raid, intrusion, violation, onslaught, offensive, infringement, assault, breach, incursion, aggression, maraud, usurpation, inroad, infraction, trespass, transgression, foray, irruption, offense, infiltration, forced entrance, overstepping, gully, dike, trough, gorge, moat, pit, rut, canal, cut, excavation, tube, gutter, dugout, hollow, arroyo, drain, sink, drill, gulch, main, depression, furrow, foxhole, waterway, earthwork, fosse, infraction, misdemeanor, error, misbehavior, intrusion, iniquity, violation, fault, encroachment, contravention, crime, infringement, transgression, misdeed, wrongdoing, misconduct, breach, delinquency, injury, sin, evildoing, obtrusion, poaching, unlawful entry, wrongful entry, misbehavior, violation, infraction, misdemeanor, misconduct, evildoing, contravention, crime, wrongdoing, breach, injury, sin, encroachment, infringement, misdeed, delinquency, intrusion, iniquity, fault, transgression, error, obtrusion, poaching, unlawful entry, wrongful entry, breach, contravention, crime, delinquency, encroachment, error, evildoing, fault, impingement, infraction, infringement, iniquity, injury, intrusion, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, sin, transgression, violation, wrongdoing, poaching, unlawful entry, wrongful entry,

    Antonyms:

    opening, obedience, surrender, withdrawal, retreat, behavior, manners, obedience, goodness, good deed, right, good, benefit, blessing, retreat, behavior, manners, obedience, good deed, goodness, benefit, blessing, good, right,

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    entrenchment in English: entrenchment
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