entrench

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For all those, we need to undertake a concrete analysis of the specific conditions under which it emerged, its mechanisms of domination, its ideological strategies, and the forces acting to entrench or challenge it.

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  1. transitive verb To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending.
  2. transitive verb To fix firmly or securely: "Today managed care plans are entrenched in the economy, enrolling 61 percent of the population” (Peter T. Kilborn).
  3. intransitive verb To dig or occupy a trench.
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  • First allow an enemy to entrench, and then fight him! —  The Life of Francis Marion
  • At that time, Hitler has yet to firmly entrench himself into the Reich and thus knew better not to make too many enemies at once. —  StrategyPage.com
  • Motorola Israel (which is wholly owned by Motorola USA) still produces a number of products that support Israel's military occupation and entrench its apartheid system in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • It only serves to justify the misogynistic killings of women and girls (If they don't even deserve the most basic right of individual autonomy, they have no rights) and further entrench that country into the arms of extremists. —  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
  • Mac-Gray's corporate governance policies are inconsistent with current best practices and serve to entrench the current management and Board. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
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/ɛnˈtrɛntʃ, mənt/
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