to entrench

Examples

• All

• How did such a small body drive off a larger entrenched force?

  Blog text (3)

• They are well entrenched up there.

  Gettysburg (1993)

• There we will entrench and await the enemy.

  Solomon and Sheba (1959)

• How does an army of 1 million go against an entrenched force of 100 million?

  Blog text (26)

• Despite continual mortar fire, little damage was done against the deeply entrenched Japanese.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I notice you haven't bothered to entrench or build a fortified perimeter.

  Gettysburg (1993)

• Urban named new Cardinals to his court and entrenched himself in Rome, while Clement and his supporters returned to Avignon.

• And when Lee's army is nicely entrenched behind fat rocks on the high ground... ...Meade will finally attack, if he can coordinate the army.

  Gettysburg (1993)

• While Robert E. Lee's army remained heavily entrenched around Petersburg, Sharpe was wounded when a shell fragment struck his leg.

  Academic text (2008)

• The soldiers had to entrench themselves to protect against the advancing enemy forces.

Synonyms

F

to fortify

vsto entrench

39 6.2

Make a place or group stronger by building defenses

involves actually settling into a protected position, often by digging or occupying

D

to dig in

vsto entrench

29 6.9

To prepare a position in a trench to protect soldiers from attack

emphasizes settling firmly into the protective position rather than only preparing it

E

to ensconce

vsto entrench

• Formal

12 8.6

To put someone or something in a comfortable, safe place

is specifically about creating a defensive shelter, often by digging or occupying

E

to embattle

vsto entrench

• Specialized

1 9.2

To prepare a place or group to fight and defend against attack

focuses on occupying and digging into a defensive position for protection

I

to intrench

vsto entrench

• Archaic

9.9

To dig a trench to make a position stronger to defend it

is the modern form used for digging or occupying defensive positions

Antonyms

E

to evacuate

344 4.1

To move people out of a place because it is dangerous, for example during a fire

W

to withdraw

159 3.5

To take money or things out of a place where they are kept

How Defended

to fortify

39 6.2

to entrench

• Specialized

6 7.2

to dig in

29 6.9

to bunker

1 5.8

to take cover

69 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology