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a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth any long ditch cut in the ground a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench" cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields" set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables" cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone" fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his military camp" impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" |
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