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Verb(1) advance beyond the usual limit(2) impinge or infringe upon(3) invade another's property(4) business

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(1) Gradually strings encroach , playing at a different tempo and seemingly to a different tune.(2) rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room(3) They rang up and more or less told us not to encroach on their territory.(4) Personal media, in a variety of forms, will increasingly encroach on mass media.(5) rather than encroach on his privacy, she might have kept to her room(6) The Forest Conservation Act of 1980, ostensibly meant to protect the environment, in effect reduced tribal communities to encroachers and thieves in their traditional habitat.(7) Sand seems to be encroaching at every turn despite government-erected barriers.(8) Two of the Western Isles were so battered by ferocious storms this January that the Atlantic Ocean has encroached more than ever.(9) During times of increased rainfall, the sea exceeded its natural boundaries and encroached on land.(10) His land is also being illegally occupied by encroachers .(11) The wet patches gradually shrink, the bubbles subside, the dryness steadily encroaches .(12) Humanity is being squeezed between deserts expanding outward and rising seas encroaching inward.(13) As industrialization encroached , and communications and entertainment became more instantaneous, private, and personal, communities began to lose cohesion.(14) Soil erosion is increasing, mud slides are occurring more often and the desert is encroaching increasingly.(15) Council was addressing an application made for approval of a retaining wall that encroaches onto the boulevard.(16) The disease came on gradually, it encroached steadily.
Related Words
(1) encroach on
Synonyms
Verb
1. intrude on
2. entrench
3. impinge


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