Encroachment synonyms

ĕn-krōch'mənt

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attack (related)
The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire:
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invasion
The definition of an invasion is the entering or taking over of a place, or being entered by force.
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trespass
(--- Law) An illegal act done forcefully against another's person, rights, or property; also, legal action for damages resulting from this
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obtrusion
An encroachment beyond proper limits
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encroach (related)
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infringement
A violation or breach, as of a law
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inroad
An advance into enemy territory, an incursion, an attempted invasion
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entrenchment
A fortification constructed of trenches
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impingement
The act of impinging.
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intrusion
(--- Law) The illegal entering upon another's property without right to possession
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enter (related)
(Law) Abbreviation of enterprise.
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impact
The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
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violation
The act of breaching the law; contravening a duty or right.
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usurpation
The act of usurping, especially the wrongful seizure of royal sovereignty.
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incursion (related)
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depredation (related)
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urban-sprawl (related)
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Find another word for encroachment. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for encroachment, like: attack, invasion, trespass, obtrusion, encroach, infringement, inroad, entrenchment, impingement, intrusion and enter.
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Encroachment Sentence Examples

  • The peninsula is much exposed to encroachment by the sea.

  • Rows of red tulips stood like sentinels along the walkway, struggling to survive against the encroachment of summer.

  • view of ecclesiastical encroachment on the civil power; the quaint verses, disposed in his now favourite dialogue-form, were first published, nine years after his death, under the title Historia ecclesiastics (L.W.

  • The encroachment of land on sea has been calculated at the rate of about three miles in a thousand years.

  • million Germans would be placed in a position of subordination; but for the last twenty years there had been a constant encroachment by Czech on German.

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