English Explanatory Dictionary

detrench

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cut off or slice; to sever.
  2. To render something that was entrenched less thoroughly established.
verb
  1. To dig out and remove from a trench.
  2. To force (an army) out of trenches, or to be so forced out.

Word forms

detrench detrenches detrenching detrenched

Etymology

From Middle English.

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