Words and phrases that have a meaning related to encroach: (136 results)
Often used in the same context:
encroach upon, intrude, impinge, trample, usurp, infringe, erode, monopolize, interfere, displace, circumscribe, overdevelop, occupy, meddle, urbanize, roam, defile, cannibalize, restrict, cede, delimit, disturb, overcrowd, denude, endanger, militarize, ride roughshod, supersede, overstep, bulldoze, reoccupy, overtax, demarcate, encircle, despoil, obstruct, undermine, abutting, trespassed, colonize, threaten, desecrate, invade, congest, tread, inhabit, urbanise, poach, subdividing, constrain, expand, bisect, dominate, infest, adjoin, carve, graze, contravene, straying, waterlog, shoehorn, foist, regulate, devalue, seep, jeopardize, supplant, entrench, degrade, inundate, constrict, creep, confine, contaminate, impede, weaken, deface, overgrowing, overpopulate, overwhelm, protected, encompass, sprout, befoul, stifle, exert, redivide, widen, transgress, naturalise, covet, arrogate, militarise, descend, wander, curtail, pollute, evolve, sunder, flout, destroy, devolve, combine, think, believe, buy, cease, despise, indulge, live, profess, prosper, put, refuse, speak, tell, treaty, try, acquire, admits, affirm, be
More specific:
trench
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Also try:encroach upon, interlope, intrude on, invade, obtrude upon
— Adjectives for encroach: latter, least, wise, last, definite, future, old, fresh, rich, such, japanese, more...
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