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Exact Match:

entrench: fix firmly or securely; occupy a trench or secured area; "The troops dug in for the night"

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embattle collapse

castellate collapse

embed collapse: attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division"

imbed collapse

crenellate collapse

interlope collapse: encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license

charge in collapse

cut in collapse: mix in with cutting motions; interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner; "Jim always cuts in!"; drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably; allow someone to have a share or profit

dig in collapse

horn in collapse

intermeddle collapse

etch collapse: make an etching of

butt in collapse

worm in collapse

sneak in collapse: enter surreptitiously; "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in"

barge in collapse: enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"

come between collapse

encroach collapse: advance beyond the usual limit

crowd in collapse

push in collapse

slip in collapse: insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work"

burst in collapse

obtrude collapse

creep in collapse

stereotype collapse: a conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"

work in collapse: add by mixing or blending on or attaching; "work in the butter and the dough will get the right consistency"; "In his speech, the presidential candidate worked in a lot of learned words"

edge in collapse: push one's way into (a space)

ingrain collapse: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"

invade collapse: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"; penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"; occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

interpose collapse: introduce; "God interposed death"; be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their way"

palisade collapse: fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

thrust in collapse

squeeze in collapse

wedge collapse: something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them; (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole; any shape that is triangular in cross section; squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"

foist collapse: insert surreptitiously or without warrant; to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"

set in collapse: become established; "winter has set in"; enter a particular state; "Laziness set in"; "After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in"; blow toward the shore; "That gale could set in on us with the next high tide"

impinge collapse: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

implant collapse: a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue; become attached to and embedded in the uterus; "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications"; fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

infringe collapse

irrupt collapse

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