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Sea Wall :: Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea..

Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.

Press :: Press (v. i.) To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.

Intrude :: Intrude (v. i.) To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another..

Free :: Free (superl.) Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty..

Intrench :: Intrench (v. i.) To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown..

Invasion :: Invasion (n.) The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.

Usurp :: Usurp (v. i.) To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper..

Invader :: Invader (n.) One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.

Inroad :: Inroad (n.) The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.

Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment..

Usurpant :: Usurpant (a.) Usurping; encroaching.

Infringe :: Infringe (v. i.) To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another..

Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people..

Encroacher :: Encroacher (n.) One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own..

Infringement :: Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass..

Encroachingly :: Encroachingly (adv.) By way of encroachment.

Free :: Free (superl.) Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc..

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