entrenched

American  

[en-trencht] / ɛnˈtrɛntʃt /

adjective

1. firmly or solidly established; placed in a position of strength.

   One of the most firmly entrenched ideas of masculinity is that men don't cry.

2. surrounded by trenches dug for defensive purposes.

   Government troops had finally been forced to abandon their entrenched positions, making them vulnerable to ground attack.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of entrench.

Other Word Forms

• unentrenched adjective

Etymology

Origin of entrenched

entrench ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Today, Los Angeles is firmly entrenched among the handful of most significant producers of new art in the world.

From Los Angeles Times

But all agree it is complex, entrenched, and still costing young lives.

From BBC

She urged people to seek advice as soon as possible and said the cases she was seeing were becoming "more entrenched or more serious".

From BBC

He vowed to institute reforms and clean up deeply entrenched corruption and cronyism.

From Los Angeles Times

"When you're making the show, you're so entrenched in it that you forget how far it's come, and every season we put everything we have into it," Ross says.

From BBC

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