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Meanings of entrench in English

Spanish
traspasar los límites

Impinge or infringe upon.

        traspasar los límites
        Portuguese
        entrincheirar-se

        Fix firmly or securely.

              entrincheirar-se
              Portuguese
              entrincheirar

              Occupy a trench or secured area.

                    entrincheirar
                    Usage of entrench in English
                    1
                    Companies entrench the problem by failing to promote women or retain them.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    The opposition accuses left-wing Mr Maduro of trying to entrench his power.
                    Radio NZ
                    3
                    Critics say the constitution will stifle democracy and entrench military influence in politics.
                    Reuters
                    4
                    We want to entrench the rule of law, he said, without giving details.
                    Reuters
                    5
                    The solution, of course, is terrifically simple but hard to entrench.
                    The Guardian
                    6
                    Even when these methods work, they can help entrench the stereotypes they're mobilizing.
                    Wired
                    7
                    They entrench themselves in fortresses against the Indians and wild beasts.
                    The Field of Ice / Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
                    8
                    His was the only corps of the Fifth Army to entrench its position.
                    The guns of august
                    9
                    I wasn't going to entrench around my art; television is a fluid process.
                    Reuters
                    10
                    Thus they had had four days in which to entrench themselves.
                    Three Years' War
                    11
                    Instead, he will entrench at Paranor until his army moves south.
                    The Sword of Shannara
                    12
                    If she could entrench herself there, she thought irrationally, she could preempt disaster.
                    The lady elizabeth
                    13
                    The convicts might entrench themselves at that point, and defend it.
                    In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
                    14
                    Most happily, we have never needed to entrench upon our capital.
                    The Odd Women
                    15
                    Counterintuitively, though, it could also serve to entrench the dominant players.
                    The Guardian
                    16
                    The Colonel falls silent, allowing me to entrench my Ape beside his Wall.
                    Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
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