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encroach
[ en-krohch ]
verb (used without object)
- to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads:
A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.
- to trespass upon the property, domain, or rights of another, especially stealthily or by gradual advances.
encroach
/ 瑟苍藞办谤蓹蕣迟蕛 /
verb
- often foll byon or upon to intrude gradually, stealthily, or insidiously upon the rights, property, etc, of another
- to advance beyond the usual or proper limits
Derived Forms
- 别苍藞肠谤辞补肠丑别谤, noun
- 别苍藞肠谤辞补肠丑尘别苍迟, noun
- 别苍藞肠谤辞补肠丑颈苍驳濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 别苍路肠谤辞补肠丑路别谤 noun
- 耻苍路别苍路肠谤辞补肠丑别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of encroach1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Hawkers encroach upon roads and footpaths to sell their wares, forcing pedestrians onto busy roads and further complicating traffic flow.
Scientists say warming temperatures have led villagers to move their crops and livestock to higher areas in the mountains, encroaching on snow leopards' own habitat, making livestock more of a target.
In full drag regalia, they unflinchingly confront the encroaching darkness with a theatrical exuberance that says, 鈥淚鈥檓 here, my eyes are open and I care.鈥
鈥淲e鈥檝e created islands of habitat fragmentation with our roadways and housing encroaching deeper and deeper into the wild urban interface, and now we鈥檙e fixing this problem by using human ingenuity for good purposes.鈥
With crackling pastoral language and thematic Lynchian undertones, 鈥淪wamplandia!鈥 probed the growing tension in Russell鈥檚 home state of Florida between an endangered fecund wilderness and encroaching development.
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